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ONCE upon t time Utfrt wa a little Mack boy,
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And w Mother wu called Black
Mumbo,
And hii Father wa called Black Jumbo,
And Black Mumbo mad him a beautiful little
tU& Coat and a pair of beautiful little Blue Trou
era. And Black Jumbo went to ffaa Sesaar an3
boaght him a beautiful Green Umbrella and a krw
J b'ttle Pair o f Purpla Shoe with Cnmaoo Sole
tod Crteuoil Lining.
And then wasn't LittI Black SstoIkj grand f
So b put on all hi fin clothe and Trent out
for walk In the Jungle.-And by and by he met a
Ttfer. And tb Tiger said to him, "Little Black
Sambo, Ta going to eat you upr
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AND Little Bl.wk Sambo aid. "Oh! Please,
Ir. Tig, don't eat me up, and I'll give
you my beautiful little lied Coat." So the
Tiger laid, "Very well, I won't eat you this time,
but you til ust give me your beautiful little Red
Coat." So the Tiger got poor Little Black
Sambo' beautiful little Bed Coat, and went away
laying. "New I'm the grandest Tiger In the
Jungle."
And Little Black Sambo went on, and by and
by he met another Tiger, and it aaid to him, "Little
Black Sambo,' I'm going to eat you up t" And Lit
tle Black Sambo aaid, "Oh I Please. Mr. Tiger, don't
eat me up, and I'll gire you my beautiful little Blue
Trousers.'' So the Tiger aaid, "Very well, I won't
eat you thia time, but you must gire me your beau
tiful little Blue Trousers." So the Tiger got poor
Little Black Sambo' beautiful- little Blue Trou-
and wenteway eeying, "Now I'm. the grandest
Tiger in-the Jungle,"
AND Little Black Sambo went on,and by and
by he met another Tiger, and it said to him,
"Little Black Sambo, I'm going to. cat you
upl" And Little Black Sambo aaid, "Oh! Please,
Air. Tiger, doo'fc eat me up, and I'll gjre.you my
beautiful little Purple Shoes with Crimson Sole
and Crimson Linings."
But the- Tiger aaid, "What use would your
shoe be to met I've got four feet, and you're got
only two; you haven't got enough shoes for me."
But Little Black Sambo aaid, "Toil could
wear them on your ears."
"So I could," aaid the Tiger; "that's Trry
good idea. Give them to me, aad I wonTeat you
thirtime."
So the Tigef got poor Little Black Sambo's
beautiful little Purple Shoes with' Crimson Soles
and Crimson Linings, and went away saying,
"Now j'm the grandest Tiger in the 'Jungle."
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PRESENTLY be heard a horrible noise that
. souadefli&e "Gr-i-i-i-iimiu" and it got
loader, aad louder. "Oh, der aaid Little
Black SamboV "there art all the Tiger coming back
toeatme.upt What abaB I dor So be ran quickly
0 pabnrtreeand peeped round it to see what the
Blatter was.
And there he saw all tfi Tiger fighting and
disputing which of them was the grandest. And at
last they all got to angry that they jumped up and
took off all the fine clothes and began to tear each
OtficT with their clawaand bite each other with their
gttat big white teeth.
And they came, rolling and tumbling right to
Cf fool of the t-cry tree where Little Black Sambo
wtl biding, but he jumped quickly in behind the
effflatlJ. And the-Tigers all caught hold of each
GQuftf toil as tfte wrangled and scrambled, and
t&f&ry found themselves in a ring around the tree.
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AND by and by Little Black Sambo met an
other Tiger, and It said to him, "Little
Black Sambo, I'm going to eat you upf '
And Little Black Sambo said, "01)1 Please, Mr.
Tiger, don't eat me up, and I'll give you my beaa
tiful Green Umbrella.''. But the Tiger said, "How
can I carry an umbrella, when. I need all my pwi
(at walking with P
Tou could tie a knot on your ta.& and. carry H
that way," aaid Little BkdeSambo. "SoIcOuld,"
aid the Tiger. "Gire it to me, and I won't eat yc
this time." So be got poor Little Black Sambo's
beautiful Green TJmbreUaajad went away laying,
"Now I'm the grandest Tiger in the Jungle.
And poor Little Black Sambo went away cry
Ing, because the cruel Tigers bad taken aQ his fine
clothes.
THEN, when the Tiger were rery wee and
my far away. Little Black Sambo jjumped
up and called out, "Obi Tigers', why hare
you taken off all your nice clothes f Don't you
want them any morei" But the Tigers only an
swered, "Gr-r-rrrrTrr"
Then Little Black Sambo said, "If you want
them, say so, or I'll take them away." But the
Tigers would not let go of each others' tails, and so
they could only say "Gr-r-r-r-rfrrrrr I"
So Little Black Sambo put on all his he
clothes again and walked off.
And tb Tigers were very,1 very angry, but
(till they would not let go of each others' tails. And
they were to angry that they ran round the tree,
trying to eat each other up, and they ran faster and
faster, till they were whirling round so fast that yoif
Couldn't see their leg at alt
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A ND they still ran faster and faster and faster.
till they all just melted away, and there
was nothing left but a great big pool of
melted butter (or "ghi." a it is called in India)
round the foot of the tree,
Now Black Jumbo was just coming home from
tus work, with a great big brass pot in bis armsVand
when be saw what was left of all the Tigers he said,
"Ohf what lovely melted butter! fH take that
home to Black Mumbo fbrherto cook with."
So he put it all into the great big brass pot and
took it home to Black Mumbo to cook with.
When Black Mumbo saw the melted butief,
Wasn't she pleased I "Now," said she, "well all bare
pancakes for supper 1" x
(CotjrliH I90f, ? Tht North dwieriatn Co.)
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O SHE gotournd egTndniilk and ruga , '
and butter, and she made a hu big plate of . 1 4T--.
most lovely pjjicrittnd-toe fried them ia
the melted butnlchtiie Tigers had made, aaj J
they werwjust as yellow and brown as little Tiger. ( ' '
AaWtheij they all cat down to supperi And ' V'"
Black Awnbo ate Tweiity-seven pancakes, and I '
Black JumbD-uXjFjfty-five, butlalUe Black W "J '
Sambo ate a Hundred and-Sftnine, because b 1
twso hungry. j .
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