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Show F"""" CAME BACK TO HIS MEMORY ' Long Years of Captivity Hsd Not Ef faced Early Teachings From Mind of Elsphant. The following is an Instance of an elephant's good manners and of the tenacity with which an idea once received re-ceived by hliu adheres in his memory. mem-ory. When visiting the London Zoo, an Englishman who had seen service In India got permission for his children to ride on one of the elephants. After the ride he wished to give the beast a bun and to make him say "Please." using In this connection tho phrase "Salaam kuro" (make a salaam). The man animal regarded the man g-avoly for some time, eagerly eyeing the bun In his hand. At last memory came to tho pachyderm's aid, and un went his trunk, and be made a most correct salaam. The beast's keeper was much astonished, as-tonished, asking what the performance meant. The Hritlsher explained that It was a point of good manners for an " idephant to raise his trunk up to his forehead if anyone was going to feed bun, and that frequently elephants would ask In this polite manner for something when they encountered anyone who seemed likely to offer thin food. The keeper assured the visitor that he had never seen the elephant do this before, and that he had been In charge of the beast since Its arrlvr! from India a long llmu since. For 17 yeats this animal bad never beard these words, and had elways taken bis fond without this mark of good manners. --The Sunday Magazine. |
