Well, youngsters, my yarn
today has to do with an ad­
venture I httd in Ilurma, a
part of India bordering on
the eastern coast of th’ Hay
of Bengal.
Kangy, Singoot and I had
gone ashore to have a little
fun, anti to see what th’
country looked like. Before
that day ended we had quite
a time of it.
We were wnnderin’ around
when we hove alongside a
big elephant. Th’ chocolate-
colored native in charge of
him asked us if we wouldn't
like to take a ride. Kangy
wiggled his whiskers ami
looked very tickled. Singoot
seemed w illin ' anil 1 thought
it would he great to cruise
on an elephant. So we
climbed aboard and got
started.
It was smooth sailin’ un­
til we hove alongside of two
arguin' nrttlves. That ele­
phant gave ’em a swat with
his trunk and actually stood
on his hind-legs and grinned
when th’ two of ’em picked
themselves up and called
him n name.
We’d no sooner got clear
of th’ natives when we over­
took a fat white man wad­
dlin' along smokin’ his pipe.
I ’ll he dinghuated if th’ ele­
phant didn’t pick th ’ man
up in his trunk, dump him
into a river that was near,
then trotted on, snickerin’
to himself.
Then th’ funniest thing of
th’ day happened hut not
for th’ elephant. We were
joggin’ along, takin’ in th’
scenery, when in th’ road,
right in front of th’ ele­
phant, a little mouse popped
up amt began to squeak. I've
n e v e r seen anything so
scared as that elephant was.
You see, an elephant is
afraid that a mouse w ill
run up th’ Inside of his
trunk. Well s’r, he went
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