watercolour and ink on paper

The Dancing Monkeys

Prince trained Monkeys to dance;

He dressed them in fine flowing clothes;

And performed at one kind of party;

And another;

To great applause and appreciation.

Until one day, a ourtier bent on mischief threw a handful of nuts into the dance;

And Monkeys went wild, one and all;

Ripping off their fine flowing clothes as they fought for the nuts;

To great laughter and ridicule.

Amoral Tales
Short graphic stories based on ideas in Aesop's fables often keeping the animal heads...