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 ears, you know, you thought they were butterflies." That did not help the monkey to feel any better. How was he to live without his tail! How could he climb without it! He simply had to have it back so he at once set out to find the cat. At last he found the cat and said to her, "O, kind cat, please give me back my tail." "I will give it to you," replied the cat, "if you will get me some milk." "Where shall I get the milk?" asked the monkey. "Go ask the cow for some," replied the cat. The monkey went to the cow and said, "O, kind cow, please give me some milk that I may give the milk to the cat so that the cat will give back my tail to me."