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nonsense now and thenIs relished by the wisest men  \nCopyright CRuskin Bond 2006Published 2006 byRupaaCo  \n7/16,Ansari Road,Daryaganj,  \nNew Delhi 110002  \nSales Centres:  \nAllahabad Bangalore Chandigarh ChennaiHyderabad Jaipur KathmanduKolkata Mumbai Pune  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced,storedin a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form orby any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingor otherwise,without the prior permission of the publishers.  \nTypeset in 13 pts.Garamond byNikita Overseas Pvt Ltd,1410 Chiranjiv Tower,43 Nehru Place,New Delhi 110019  \nPrinted in India byRekha Printers Pvt.Ltd.A-102/1 Okhla Industrial Area,Phase-IINew Delhi-110020  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction  \n议  \nBelting around Mumbai  \n1  \nMonkey on the Roof  \n5  \nAnd in the Loo  \n12  \nAnd at the Bank  \n20  \nIf Mice Could Row  \n28  \nIn Search of Sweet-peas  \n30  \nThe Regimental Myna  \n38  \nMonkey Trouble  \n44  \nFrogs in the Fountain  \n57  \nOn Foot with Faith  \n64  \nThe Zigzag Wall  \n73  \nA Bicycle Ride with Uncle Ken77At Sea with Uncle Ken84Travels with my Bank Manager92Granny's Tree-Climbing102My Failed Omelettes—and other Disasters105A Long Story108George and Ranji111Cricket—Field Placings115Whatever Happened to Romance?116In Praise of Older Women124Who Kissed me in the Dark?135A Frog Screams142All you Need Is Paper144Song for a Beetle in a Goldfish Bowl151Odds and Ends153  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe monkey population is definitely on the increase,and Iwouldn't be surprised if one day it exceeds the humanpopulation.Of course,the way things are going,a time maycome when we won't be able to distinguish between monkeysand humans.Monkeys are becoming more human,whilehumans are becoming more like monkeys.  \nSummer nights I leave my window open,and early thismorning a member of the Rhesus tribe entered stealthily,picked up my notebook,and made a quick exit.I was in timeto see him on a neighbouring roof,trying to chew 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