96 THE ELEPHANT IN A WELL.

 

 

 

 

smal

Thrusting its huge head in at the window, it half drowned
the poor tailor by pouring a fiood of dirty water over him,
to the great amusement of those who saw the scene!

 

THE ELEPHANT IN A WELL

WHILE the British troops were besieging Bhurtpore in India,
the supply of water in the ponds and tanks in the neighbour-
hood failed. Water could be obtained only from deep and
large wells. In this service elephants were very useful.

One day two of these animals—one of them large and
came together to a well.

 

strong, the other much smailer
The smaller elephant carried with his trunk a bucket, which
the larger, not having one, stole from him. The smaller