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come near him, and kept whirling his trunk about in a
way which showed that he was resolved to protect his
charge at all costs.

What was the soldier’s horror next morning when, look-
ing up, he found the huge animal standing over him! One
step of his great feet, and his life would have been crushed
out. If he did not then and there resolve to give up drink-
ing for the future, he deserved to be less fortunate another
time. As he crawled out, the elephant evidently saw the
terror he was in, and, to assure him, caressed him gently
with his trunk, and allowed him to go to his quarters. The
animal, seeing his friend in safety, suffered his keeper to
come near and lead him away.

Thankfulness led the elephant to guard his erring friend.
How sad to think that human beings are so often less thank-
ful to those from whom they have received kindness !

 

AN ELEPHANTS REVENGE.

In the city of Delhi, in India, a tailor was in the habit of
giving some fruit to an elephant that daily passed the place
where he sat at work. So well used to this had the animal
become, that it never failed to put its trunk in at the win-
dow to receive the usual gift.

One day, however, the tailor, being out of humour, thrust
his needle into the elephant’s trunk, telling it to be gone, as
he had nothing to give it.

The elephant passed quietly on; but on coming to a pool
of dirty water near by, it filled its trunk there and returned,