MONKEY TRICKS IN THE JUNGLE.

HIS is the story of a little gray Elephant.
He was not a circus Elephant, but lived
at his home, which was far, far away in
Africa. If you or I had been there, we should
have found many strange, interesting things to
see, but the Elephant cared not for them. He
only knew that this was home, and the place where
his big gray mamma and he lived happily to-
gether. His mother was very kind and allowed
him to go wherever he liked, and his ‘‘likes”’ took
kim sometimes far from his home, for, he was a
great walker. His trunk, he always kept with him,
in readiness for his journeys.
One day, he bade his mother good-bye, and
started out on a long, long tramp. He passed

many gorgeous flowers that you or I should
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