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GEORGE PRITCHARD Broken Hill Oct 1980 The Monkey's ViewpointThree monkeys sat in a coconut treeDiscussing things as they're said to be Said one to the others, 'Now listen you two, There's a certain rumour that can't be true, That man descends from our noble race The very idea is a real disgrace No monkey ever deserted his wife Starved her babies or ruined her life And you've never known a mother monk To leave her babies with others to bunk, Or pass them on from one to another Till they scarcely know who is their mother, And another thing you'll never see A monk build a fence round a coconut tree And let the coconuts go to waste Forbidding all other monks a taste Why, if I'd put a fence around the tree Starvation would force you to steal from me Here's another thing a monk won't do Is go out at night, and get into a 'stew'. Or use a gun, or a club, or knife to take another monkey's life Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss But brother, surely he didn't descend from us! |