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Literary
July 15, 1887
Middlebury Register
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont
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A mischievous monkey in a train's baggage car, en route from India to its new owner, swings on the bell wire with its tail, ringing the alarm and stopping the train, alarming passengers until the cause is discovered.
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What Stopped the Train.
Men put down their papers and looked out of the windows. Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling. The rope was moving through the long train of cars. Down went the brakes. The train stopped. The passengers thought the bell had rung for "Danger."
Every one was much alarmed. The men hurried out. The ladies leaned out of the windows to look. But there was nothing to be seen. The train seemed to be all right.
The brakeman ran down the track. There was nothing wrong on the track. Some of the brakemen went into the baggage car. Then they found out why the bell rang.
There was a monkey in the baggage car. He had come from India in a ship. He was on the way to a gentleman who had bought him.
In his old home in the forest he used to twine his tail around the branches and rock and swing.
He sat on a trunk in the baggage car. He thought this was a very dull way to spend his time. He wished to play as he did at home.
Soon he spied the bell wire. This bell wire runs through the train at the top of cars. He twined his tail round the wire and rocked and swung. He enjoyed it very much.
That was the way the bell was rung. The brakemen laughed. They did not scold the queer little bell ringer.—Primary.
Men put down their papers and looked out of the windows. Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling. The rope was moving through the long train of cars. Down went the brakes. The train stopped. The passengers thought the bell had rung for "Danger."
Every one was much alarmed. The men hurried out. The ladies leaned out of the windows to look. But there was nothing to be seen. The train seemed to be all right.
The brakeman ran down the track. There was nothing wrong on the track. Some of the brakemen went into the baggage car. Then they found out why the bell rang.
There was a monkey in the baggage car. He had come from India in a ship. He was on the way to a gentleman who had bought him.
In his old home in the forest he used to twine his tail around the branches and rock and swing.
He sat on a trunk in the baggage car. He thought this was a very dull way to spend his time. He wished to play as he did at home.
Soon he spied the bell wire. This bell wire runs through the train at the top of cars. He twined his tail round the wire and rocked and swung. He enjoyed it very much.
That was the way the bell was rung. The brakemen laughed. They did not scold the queer little bell ringer.—Primary.
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
What keywords are associated?
Monkey
Train
Bell Wire
Baggage Car
Mischief
Passengers
Brakemen
Literary Details
Title
What Stopped The Train.
Key Lines
Ting A Ling, Ting A Ling. The Rope Was Moving Through The Long Train Of Cars.
He Twined His Tail Round The Wire And Rocked And Swung. He Enjoyed It Very Much.
The Brakemen Laughed. They Did Not Scold The Queer Little Bell Ringer.