One Good Turn Deserves Another
Anon
Genre: | Illustration, Drollery |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. |
Subjects: | Animal Behaviour, Human Species, Amusement, Music |
Shows a gorilla turning, with one hand, the handle of a barrel organ, and holding, in the other hand, a rope to which is attached an organ grinder. The caption explains this clever role-reversal following claims regarding the intelligence of simians: 'The lazy organ grinders have had it all their own way with the monkeys—now then—change about!'. |
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