[单项选择]Once upon a time there was a man who had fifty red nightcaps to sell at a fair. His wife put them into a great bag for him which he carried over his shoulder.
It was a very hot day. Now the man’s way lay through a wood. When he came to the shade, he put down his bag and sat down to rest. Soon he took one of the red nightcaps out of his bag, put it on, lay down and went to sleep.
Now there were monkeys in that wood, and by and by a big old ape came stealing down out of the trees and took one of the red nightcaps out of the bag, put it on his head, and ran up into a tree and sat there grinning and chattering.
By and by another ape came stealing down and he too took a red nightcap, put it on and ran up into a tree and he too sat in the tree grinning and chattering.
Then another ape took another cap, and then another, until at last there were forty nine monkeys in forty nine red nightcaps, sitting in the trees chattering and calling out.
What was the weather like