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Show Tricks for Children By MARY GRAHAM BONNER I LTOW are you feeling?" asked n Jingo Elephant of Bingo Elephant El-ephant They liked their names of Bingo aud Jingo and the children called them by these names, too. "Perfectly well, I thank you," said Bingo.' "I had good exercise after the children had left. They did give us a lot today. Didn't you feel ill?" . "I dhln't get quite as many ns you dill," said Jingo. "Hut wasn't it funny to see the children! "At first they wanted to throw the peanuts Into the ynrd. We looked so big that we frightened them so they said. j "Hut the keeper told them not to mind us. And then they began to j "What are you laughing at?" asked Jingo. "Because." said Bingo, "that Is an old trick that Mis been known by elephant for ever and ever so long. "As long ns the children have been children and peanuts have been peanuts and elephants have been elephants." "That's certainly a long time," agreed Jingo. "You Just thought it was a matter mat-ter of course, because of your nature na-ture the nature of every elephant." ele-phant." "It shows I am growing up." trnld Jingo, "and I like to grow up." "I think the children had an Idea you were grown up enough," said Bingo. "oh, yes, In sire," said Jingo. "But I like to be old in years, too." It wns night time now and they were tired. They started to rest and sleep. The next morning more children came to look at them, and again they brought peanuts which they put In the end of the trunks of the elephants and watched them curried up to their mouths. Now the keeper thought It would be nice for the elephants to show off their tricks. First Jingo made very handsome bows to the children, who were greatly amused. Next Ulngo carried the keeper on his back and up on his head. Then he let him down again. Both elephants said their prayers and put their trunks around the keeper. They let the keeper lie down underneath un-derneath them In such a way thnt their big bodies did not touch him. At the end of It all they were given water and bay for a reward. It bad been fun doing tricks for the children. (, 1930. Wntirn Newepaper Union.) "What Was Itr Asked Bingo. give us the peanuts, which we took Into our trunks aud so up to our mouths. "They thought It was funny to see us do It." "I wonder how they thought we fed ourselves," asked Bingo. "I'm sure I don't know," said Jingo. "I found out a splendid trick to do." "Whut was It?" asked Bingo. "I held several In my trunk at the same time when they were giving giv-ing them to me so quickly. "That was so I wouldn't miss any while I was getting my trunk up to my mouth." "Oh, dear, oh, dear," laughed Bingo. ' |