Grandfather and I put the monkey away in a little closet openinginto my bedroom wall, where he was tied securely
He’s clever, Given time, I’m sure he could have tied the torn pieces of your blazer into a rope, and made his escape from the window!”
When Grandfather and I came back tore lease Toto, we found that the walls, which had been covered with some ornamental paper chosen by Grandfather, now stood out as naked brick and plaster. The peg in the wall had been wrenched from its socket, and my school blazer, which had been hanging there, was in shreds.
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Grandfather, who had to leave Dehra Dun the next day to collect his pension in Saharanpur, decided to take him along.
“No charge. It is not a dog.”
“What must I pay for this, since you charge for all animals?”
“Sir, you have a dog with you. You’ll have to pay for it accordingly.
Grandfather was producing his ticket at the railway turnstile, Toto suddenly poked his head out of the bag.
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Toto was given a comfortable home in the stable, where he had for a companion the family donkey, Nana. To his surprise he found Nana, without apparent cause, pulling at her halter and trying to keep her head as far as possible from a bundle of hay.
Grandfather gave Nana a slap across her haunches, and she jerked back, dragging Toto with her. He had fastened on to her long ears with his sharp little teeth
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We entered the room to find Toto stuffing himself with rice. My grandmother screamed — and Toto threw a plate at her. One of my aunts rushed forward — and received a glass of water in the face.
When Grandfather arrived Toto picked up the dish of pulao and made his exit through a window.
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We found him in the branches of the jackfruit tree, the dish still in his arms. He remained there all afternoon, eating slowly through the rice, determined on finishing every grain.
And then, in order to spite Grandmother, who had screamed at him, he threw the dish down from the tree and chattered with delight when it broke into a hundred pieces.
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