Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Two monkeys sat under a tree in an Indian forest. One monkey was seen to busy himself in smearing the other with red clay earth. When he had succeeded in entirely covering his companion, he disappeared into a neighboring wood, leaving the other a mass of clay, but for two small holes through through which peered a pair of cunning eyes. Then the bedaubed monkey was seen to climb to the hollow of a tree where was a bee-hive. The bees buzzed about the intruder, but all they could do was to leave their stings in his clay coat. At length they swarmed away in despair, and the clever monkey helped himself to the honey-comb. Then the other monkey came out of his hiding place and proceeded to pick off the clay covering from his brother. This done, they set to work at the honey-comb and relished it.