Identifier: jackojumpokinkyt00gari (find matches)
Title: Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail the funny monkey boys
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Garis, Howard Roger, 1873-1962
Subjects: Children's stories, American
Publisher: New York : A.L. Burt
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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o stayed there by the big, blackstump, while the others went on to race again.And the first thing Jacko knew was that heheard something moving in the bushes behindthe stump. My goodness! he exclaimed, jumping up.I hope that isnt a bad fox or a wolf. So hegot ready to run, but before he could jump outof the way, out came a big black bear. And, nosooner had the bear seen Jacko, than the shaggycreature rushed up to the monkey, and tied arope around his neck. Now I have you! growled the bear. Yes, I see you have, said Jacko, as he triedto get away, but couldnt. Please let me go.Are you going to eat me? Oh, dear, oh, dear!the monkey boy cried. No, Im not going to eat you, said the bear.Ill tell you that much, anyhow. And Im notgoing to let you go. I am going to take you allaround the country with me to do tricks. Do tricks? cried Jacko, surprised like. Yes, you see I used to be a performing bear,but I dont want to be one any more. I used toride a bicycle, climb up a tree, play that I was a
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YORK Jacko Does Some Tricks 149 soldier and waltz around when my master sanga funny song. But Im tired of it, so I ranaway, and now I want to make some money formyself to buy a pair of spectacles, so I canread. So Im going to have a trick monkey ofmy own, and youll have to be it. You and I will travel about, and youll dothe tricks, such as standing on your head, mak-ing funny faces, turning somersaults, tyingknots in your tail, and swinging on a trapeze.Youll do the tricks and the people will pay methe money for watching you. Then Ill be rich.Come along now, and the bear pulled on therope which he had fastened about Jackos neck. Well, the red monkey didnt want to go withthe bear, but he had to. And oh! he felt dread-fully about leaving all his friends, and hisbrother and mamma and papa, but there was nohelp for it. He thought, perhaps, some of hisfriends might see him and make the bad bearrun away, but none of them did. Away through the woods went Jacko with thetrained bear leading hi

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