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KUPTI AND IMANI
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Presently she heard two great monkeys talking to one another in the tree above her head.

‘Good evening, brother,’ said one, ‘whence come you—and what is the news?’

Imani listens to what the Monkeys say
Imani listens to what the Monkeys say

‘I come from Dûr,’ said the other, ‘and the news is that the king is dying.’

‘Oh,’ said the first, ‘I’m sorry to hear that, for he is a master hand at slaying leopards and creatures that

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