. St. Nicholas [serial] . hegenial bear; we 11 get along somehow. Jacko still looked doubtful, but as peoplealways called monkeys selfish he did nt liketo say anything more. By and by along came Jules the groom withdinner, and for a while the animals crunchedand munched away quietly, looking as innocentas possible. Bruin now wanted to take a nap;he no longer felt that craving for liberty andadventure. But the energetic monkey insistedthat if they were going to run away they mustdo it at once, while the men were eating theirdinner. The bear was lazy, but as it was hewho had first proposed the p
. St. Nicholas [serial] . hegenial bear; we 11 get along somehow. Jacko still looked doubtful, but as peoplealways called monkeys selfish he did nt liketo say anything more. By and by along came Jules the groom withdinner, and for a while the animals crunchedand munched away quietly, looking as innocentas possible. Bruin now wanted to take a nap;he no longer felt that craving for liberty andadventure. But the energetic monkey insistedthat if they were going to run away they mustdo it at once, while the men were eating theirdinner. The bear was lazy, but as it was hewho had first proposed the plan he could nt 922 THE RUNAWAYS. 923 very well give it up so soon. So, with a vigor-ous jerk, he soon had his stake out of the groundand dangling at the end of his chain. Nexthe quickly set free the monkey, then bit in twothe giraffes rope. Quietly and cautiously they stole out amongthe wagons, and, once clear of these, struck outfor the wood. Being under cover of the shadowof the trees, they started off at a brisk THE GIRAFFE SPOKE UP : I *LL GO ALONG TOO. Hold on, cried the monkey, who was beingleft behind. You two are in a great hurry. The bear had just been thinking the samething about the giraffe. Here; let me ride, and then I 11 have timeto think of what we must do next, suggestedJacko, hopping up on the bears back. After trotting this way for a mile, Bruin beganto wonder if it was nt time to rest. This isharder work than the circus, he said. So they stopped under a big tree. The bearsat down puffing. Hot work, this foot-racing, he panted. Just in my line, murmured the giraffe, stillfresh and cool, as he began nibbling and munch-ing the young leaves above him. Any nuts up there ? asked Jacko. Climb up my neck and see, answered thegiraffe. No sooner said than done. It s a chest-nut-tree, said Jacko, from the branches, butthe chestnuts seem to be rather scarce. What shall we do now ? asked Bruin, impatiently. I see a bright light overthere, said Jacko, from the tree
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