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In
a
short
while
(
before
Strauss
and
Nemur
would
un
veil
their
crowning
achievement
)
Burt
would
read
a
paper
describing
the
procedures
and
results
of
administering
in
telligence
and
learning
tests
he
had
devised
for
Algernon
.
This
would
be
followed
by
a
demonstration
as
Algernon
was
put
through
his
paces
of
solving
a
problem
in
order
to
get
his
meal
(
something
I
have
never
stopped
resenting
!
)
.
Not
that
I
had
anything
against
Burt
.
He
had
always
been
straightforward
with
me
—
more
so
than
most
of
the
others
—
but
when
he
described
the
white
mouse
who
had
been
given
intelligence
,
he
was
as
pompous
and
artificial
as
the
others
.
As
if
he
were
trying
on
the
mantle
of
his
teach
ers
.
I
restrained
myself
at
that
point
more
out
of
friendship
for
Burt
than
anything
else
.
Letting
Algernon
out
of
his
cage
would
throw
the
meeting
into
chaos
,
and
after
all
this
was
Burt
’
s
debut
into
the
rat
-
race
of
academic
preferment
.
I
had
my
finger
on
the
cage
door
release
,
and
as
Al
gernon
watched
the
movement
of
my
hand
with
his
pink
-
candy
eyes
,
I
’
m
certain
he
knew
what
I
had
in
mind
.
At
that
moment
Burt
took
the
cage
for
his
demonstration
.
He
explained
the
complexity
of
the
shifting
lock
,
and
the
problem
-
solving
required
each
time
the
lock
was
to
be
opened
.
(
Thin
plastic
bolts
fell
into
place
in
varying
pat
terns
and
had
to
be
controlled
by
the
mouse
,
who
de
pressed
a
series
of
levers
in
the
same
order
.
)
As
Algernon
’
s
intelligence
increased
,
his
problem
-
solving
speed
in
creased
—
that
much
was
obvious
.
But
then
Burt
revealed
one
thing
I
had
not
known
.
At
the
peak
of
his
intelligence
,
Algernon
’
s
perfor
mance
had
become
variable
.
There
were
times
,
according
to
Burt
’
s
report
,
when
Algernon
refused
to
work
at
all
—
even
when
apparently
hungry
—
and
other
times
when
he
would
solve
the
problem
but
,
instead
of
taking
his
food
re
ward
,
would
hurl
himself
against
the
walls
of
his
cage
.
When
someone
from
the
audience
asked
Burt
if
he
was
suggesting
that
this
erratic
behavior
was
directly
caused
by
increased
intelligence
,
Burt
ducked
the
question
.
"
As
far
as
I
am
concerned
,
"
he
said
,
"
there
’
s
not
enough
ev
idence
to
warrant
that
conclusion
.
There
are
other
possi
bilities
.
It
is
possible
that
both
the
increased
intelligence
and
the
erratic
behavior
at
this
level
were
created
by
the
original
surgery
,
instead
of
one
being
a
function
of
the
other
.
It
’
s
also
possible
that
this
erratic
behavior
is
unique
to
Algernon
.
We
didn
’
t
find
it
in
any
of
the
other
mice
,
but
then
none
of
the
others
achieved
as
high
a
level
of
intelli
gence
nor
maintained
it
for
as
long
as
Algernon
has
.
"
I
realized
immediately
that
this
information
had
been
withheld
from
me
.
I
suspected
the
reason
,
and
I
was
annoyed
,
but
that
was
nothing
to
the
anger
I
felt
when
they
brought
out
the
films
.
I
had
never
known
that
my
early
performances
and
tests
in
the
laboratory
were
filmed
.
There
I
was
,
at
the
table
beside
Burt
,
confused
and
open
-
mouthed
as
I
tried
to
run
the
maze
with
the
electric
stylus
.
Each
time
I
received
a
shock
,
my
expression
changed
to
an
absurd
wide
-
eyed
stare
,
and
then
that
foolish
smile
again
.
Each
time
it
hap
pened
the
audience
roared
.
Race
after
race
,
it
was
repeated
,
and
each
time
they
found
it
funnier
than
before
.
I
told
myself
they
were
not
gawking
curiosity
seekers
,
but
scientists
here
in
search
of
knowledge
.
They
couldn
’
t
help
finding
these
pictures
funny
—
but
still
,
as
Burt
caught
the
spirit
and
made
amusing
comments
on
the
films
,
I
was
overcome
with
a
sense
of
mischief
.
It
would
be
even
funnier
to
see
Algernon
escape
from
his
cage
,
and
to
see
all
these
people
scattering
and
crawling
around
on
their
hands
and
knees
trying
to
retrieve
a
small
,
white
,
scurrying
genius
.
But
I
controlled
myself
,
and
by
the
time
Strauss
took
the
podium
the
impulse
had
passed
.
