Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01
King Elcphant,s Court.

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among the beasts, for old King Ele
plant had ordered them all to court
Who2 Why aH-the beasts and birds,
to be sure. No fish. Elephant said
the whale could see to them, and be-
sides he would not have any creatures
who had not been in Noah's Ark.
This vexel the rattlesnakes and boa
constructors and worms dreadfully,
who are not to be found in any toy
shop but the King could not be per-
suaded. He said that line must be
drawn somewhere, aud he did not want
even the Levlathan out of the. water,
and bad his doubts about any creeping
things at all. But one of the young
elephants, who was sharp for his years,
asked what was to be done for light, if
glow.woplns ws1esnot to be let iprWell,
I Ind he hn4 II be .1Nas. md p see
the fine sight Did you ask ,Vhere :
Why, right at the other end of the
world, OF course, ever SO far off!
J h tas sight 'FdH4 eeefpgs! Saoh
/ PROCESSION of birds dh6s bessts. TX
cepting on Sundays, when the Noah's
Ark creatures go out two and two for
their walk, I have never seen 30 many.
The ostIiches were the last IL
start, dropping their eggs III their haste
somewhere in the sand They arrived
first of all, oxtstripping most of the
horses, thanks to their long legs. But
then the steeple-chasers had tdI1eG out
of their way more than once to leap
hedges. Indeed one Of them got 80
hot that he was obliged to stop Ut a
BARRIERS to have his HAIR singed, and
his tail clipped, before he was fit to go
to court. A very giddy cuckoo asked
neighbor to look after her eggs, just if
the mother of family had any bust
ness to go to court oil.
/ stood by the Elephant and saw the
company arrive. There were loads of
policemen (Goril1as) who kept order.
Peacocks stood by the Queen Elephant,
tanning her with their tails. Jack
DAVIS, who had borrowed their feathers
for the day, and parrots aononnced xhe
visitors names. The ostriches, as
said. got in first. Then came q good
many beasts all at once. The giraffes
looked much heated, for they are deli.
cate animals, and had nearly tainted
Cd the road, being unable to find any
servants tall enough to hold umbrellas
over their heaT. ssuSAe4aries lump
ed along rather sdwE; b0pleyS 5aiDe
on their backs. Yl&5 N6ralwo older
~: camels also. who had Beeh xaT cling
many days, and had brought water t(
drink with them, as they did not like
resort ing to q public house. The hare
and tortoise (the same that ran race
you know about them) arrived togeth
er, which surprised ME; as I had al
ways heard that the tortoise got in first
The cats nearly all came in carriages
drawn by. rats or nice, % their means
permitted. There were Numbers Of
dogs King Charles's spaniel among
them He isIaf6ef Jah Oh dog, I be
lieve, as understand that his late mas
ter has been dead some little time
But I should never have done if were
to tell you Of all the beasts. When al
the company were assembled, KIM
Elephant, leaning on his eldest sons
trunk, went round tospeak to them
The King was getting rather infru
from age, and very deaf. The gorilla,
were obliged to turn out some hymnas
who giggled in q very rude manner.
fancled that the poor creatures wer,
hysterical, and could not help thei
laughter, but may be mistaken.
f,lt much more angry with some love
lrds, who hirted dreadfully, and' 81
with some low butting goats, who hat
no idea of manne,s. There were som,
pigs too, who were such dirty creature
do not know how they contrived t,
get admittancc.
There was a great deal of idle gossi,
going on among the cockatoos an(
parrots, but all were still when the Kin,
went around. He seemed to get on bes
with two steady old donkeys. The,
had been singing masters in their earl,
days, although never very successful
in getting pupils. The King talked t,
them for q very long time, and the,
bra, ed very respectfully in answer
OF course, though. every beast answer
ed when His Majesty spoke. One nic'
motherly COW had brought her tws
eldest calves to present, and the littl,
creatures licked the Queen Elephant'
trunk very prettily. I was sorry t
notice that scme rude foxes meanwhile,
played of ridiculous tricks upon som'
simple minded sheep. After the KIM
had spoken to every one, he ordered
the games to begin. The first was
race between creeping beasts the cen
lpede, though, was made to take of
lost of his legs in order to give tho
her creatures chance. This
:e was won by a bust
g ant. A lion who had betted hcav,
the centipede roared with anger q