People in boxes- Le singe is off to Paris
Monkey: Why do people live in boxes?
Woman: Do they?
Monkey: They do, they do, look, see that man there?
Woman: I see nothing
Monkey: He has a scar on his face
Woman: The box is scarred, but I see no man inside it!
Monkey: Look, he’s bending now, he’s picking up a banana skin off the floor!
Woman: Oh that! That’s just a frame, the silhouette of a man..
Monkey: Why do people live in boxes?
Woman: Only their silhouettes do, come on monkey, let’s swing to the next tree.
Monkey: Wait! The man is rubbing the banana skin on his scars! Why do people rub banana skins on their scars?
Woman: Because silhouettes want to be real, so they sting themselves, now and then, so that they can pretend to be real. Come along now, let’s swing to the next tree, we have a new book to write, and we’re starting in Paris, rue Chanez, at Porte d’Auteuil.
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Absolutely delightful. I do love simian thought processes! “Because silhouettes want to be real, so they sting themselves, now and then, so that they can pretend to be real.” Lush!
Oh my monkey is very entertaining like that
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