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10 Compay Mono was beginning to get suspicious. He knew that
Comay Jicotea had a reputation for being tricky. But monkeys can
be tricky too, and Compay Mono thought of a way to find out
what was going on.
11 “Yes,” the monkey said to his comadre, “there must be a very
clever and dangerous thief in these parts. The next thing you
know they’ll come into my house and steal my money. I know
what I’d better do. I’m going to hide all my money up in the loft.
No one would ever think of looking for it up there.”
12 That night Compay Mono lay awake in bed listening. Late in
the night he heard someone tugging at the door. Slowly it opened
and then in came the humped-back form of Comay Jicotea. She
headed straight toward the loft and began climbing the ladder.
13 Compay Mono jumped out of bed and grabbed her. “You’re
the thief!” he shouted. “You’re the one who stole my pumpkins
and my yams and my yuca. And you thought you’d steal all my
money too. I ought to throw you into the fire!”
suspicious If you are suspicious of someone, you
are untrusting of that person.
reputation If you have a reputation for something,
others know or remember you for that thing.
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