"Do not suck too much of it," said I, "or it will make you ill; but let
us cut some of the best and take them back with us, for those at home
will prize so great a treat."
It did not take us long to reach the place where the palms grew, and
then we sat down in the shade to eat the food we had brought with us.
"Do you see those nuts at the top of the trees, Fritz ?" said I.
"To be sure I do; but they are far too high to reach. Look, look!" he
cried, "there are some MON-KEYS; let me have a shot at them."
"Do not do that," I said, and held his arm; "it will do us no good to
kill them, and I think I can make use of them." With that I threw some
stones up at the tree where they were, though they had got safe out of
my reach. They then made a loud noise, took hold of the nuts that were
near, and flung them straight at us. The trick made Fritz laugh, who
soon had hard work to pick up the nuts that were thrown at him.
We broke some of the nuts, and put the juice of the canes in the thick
white cream which forms close to the shell; and this made us a dish
that Fritz said was fit for a king.
Fritz and I then made fast some nuts to a string, which I tied round my
waist, while he took up his canes, and we both set off on our road home.
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