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They saw hundreds of bats clinging to projections, but the ugly creatures were silent in sleep now. "Bur-r-r-r-r!" murmured Ned. "I shouldn't like any of 'em to fall on me." "No, it's not a very nice place to go in," agreed Tom. They saw that the temple consisted of two parts, or two circular buildings, one within the other.
That's the way Mappo chattered, not so much to make fun of the bad tiger, as to warn the other monkeys in the woods that the bad striped animal was near, and that there was danger in the jungle. "Chatter-chatter-chat! Bur-r-r-r-r! Whe-e-e-e-e! Zir-r-r-r!" chattered the other monkeys, far off in the jungle, as they heard Mappo's warning. The woods were filled with the sound they made.
Just let any one try to stop his course, his readiness for snapping fingers at The Job; just let them try it, that was all he wanted! Then he was shot out of his chair and four feet along the corridor, in reflex response to the surly "Bur-r-r-r-r" of the buzzer. Mr. Mortimer R. Guilfogle, the manager, desired to see him.
So, after all, he did not have to play any trick on the tiger, and not let Sharp-Tooth out, and he was glad of it. "Hist! Hist!" the tiger called, from his crate, near that of Mappo. "Aren't you going to let me out?" "I can't get out myself," answered the little monkey. "Bur-r-r-r-r! Wow! Wuff!" roared the tiger.
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