A merchant was travelling with caps. They got wet and he laid them out to dry. Many monkeys appeared, and each one put a cap on its head, and ran off up into the trees. This seemed a grievous matter to the man. He went back and bought stockings (and there was bird-lime in them) and he got back his caps (from the monkeys) and did good business¹.

¹ The text is probably defective, but this seems to be the meaning of the novella.