49 Who’s Clever?

A university professor made experiments with several kinds of animals. He
hoped to know which animal was the cleverest. He found out it was the monkey.
In one experiment the professor put a monkey in a room with several small
boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. One small box had some food inside
it. The professor wanted to watch the monkey and find out how long it would
take the monkey to find the food.

The professor left the room. He waited a few minutes outside the door. Then he
kneeled down and put his eye to the keyhole. What did he see? To his surprise
he found himself looking directly into the eyes of the monkey. The monkey was
on the other side of the door, looking at the professor through the keyhole.

professor 教授
experiment 实验
kneel 跪下
keyhole 锁眼
directly 直接地，径直地

谁更聪明？
一位大学教授用好几种动物做实验。他希望知道哪种动物最聪明。他发现最聪明的是猴子。
在一次实验中，教授把一只猴子和几个小盒子放在一个房间里。一些盒子套在另一些盒子里。一个小盒子里有食物。教授想观察猴子，看它需花多长时间才能找到食物。
教授离开房间，在门外等了几分钟，然后跪下来把一只眼睛对准锁眼。他看到了什么？他惊奇地发现，自己正好看到猴子的眼睛。猴子在门的另一面，正从锁眼里看教授呢.