But instead of falling to the ground again , the stone stuck to the soft wax . At this moment a breeze shook the tree , and the orange on which the monkey had set his heart dropped from the bough . He picked it up and ate it every bit , including the rind , and it was so good he thought he should like another . So he called again to the wax figure to throw him an orange , and as the figure did not move , he hurled another stone , which stuck to the wax as the first had done . Seeing that the man was quite indifferent to stones , the monkey grew more angry still , and climbing the tree hastily , gave the figure a violent kick . But like the two stones his leg remained stuck to the wax , and he was held fast . ` Let me go at once , or I will give you another kick , ' he cried , suiting the action to the word , and this time also his foot remained in the grasp of the man . Not knowing what he did , the monkey hit out , first with one hand and then with the other , and when he found that he was literally bound hand and foot , he became so mad with anger and terror that in his struggles he fell to the ground , dragging the figure after him . This freed his hands and feet , but besides the shock of the fall , they had tumbled into a bed of thorns , and he limped away broken and bruised , and groaning loudly ; for when monkeys ARE hurt , they take pains that everybody shall know it . It was a long time before Jack was well enough to go about again ; but when he did , he had an encounter with his old enemy the puma . And this was how it came about . One day the puma invited his friend the stag to go with him and see a comrade , who was famous for the good milk he got from his cows . The stag loved milk , and gladly accepted the invitation , and when the sun began to get a little low the two started on their walk . On the way they arrived on the banks of a river , and as there were no bridges in those days it was necessary to swim across it . The stag was not fond of swimming , and began to say that he was tired , and thought that after all it was not worth going so far to get milk , and that he would return home . But the puma easily saw through these excuses , and laughed at him . ` The river is not deep at all , ' he said ; ` why , you will never be off your feet . Come , pluck up your courage and follow me . ' The stag was afraid of the river ; still , he was much more afraid of being laughed at , and he plunged in after the puma ; but in an instant the current had swept him away , and if it had not borne him by accident to a shallow place on the opposite side , where he managed to scramble up the bank , he would certainly have been drowned . As it was , he scrambled out , shaking with terror , and found the puma waiting for him .
` You had a narrow escape that time , ' said the XXXXX .
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