Three Monkeys
Resource, July/August, 1990
Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree That man descended from our noble race&md; Nor did ever a mother-monkey "And another thing you'll never see Why, if I build a fence around a coconut tree, Or use a gun, a club, or a knifeDiscussing the things that are said to be&md;
Said one to another: "Now listen you two
There's a certain rumor, but it can't be true,
Why, the very idea; it's a disgrace!
"No monkey ever deserted his wife,
Starved her babies and ruined her life.
Leave her babies with others to bunk,
Or pass them on from one to another
&ls;Till they scarcely knew who was their mother.
A monkey building a nest around a coconut tree,
And let the coconuts go to waste,
Forbidding all other monkeys to have a taste.
Starvation would cause me to distribute to you.
"Here's another thing that a monkey won't do:
Go out at night and get on a stew;
To take another monkey's life.
Yes, Man descended, the ornery cuss!
