Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-21

Wnen fapa Elepnant photograph
came home you may be sure it created
tremendous sensation throughout
the menagerie. The animals all crowd
ed round to look at it, and the noise
as they grunted, squeaked, squealed
and beloved their different opinions
was simply deafening.
Its his very tail, shrieked the par
rot.
"And his trunk is lifelike; l could
not nave drawn it better myself"
braved the donkey, who, as you know,
is very good at drawing things
though | think perhaps he is better
at drawing carts than elephants.
"And his dear little eyes," sighed
the sentimental love-bird. How
sweet"
"Fiddlesticks, said the goshawk," ?"
"it's no more like him than like me-"
And he stalked off muttering to him
self, Sweet little eyes, indeed! l
wonder the silly thing didn't say Dear
little feet while she was about it. It's
sickening the way she flatters that
great BOBBY, and l wonder what Mrs.
Elephant is about to allow it?"
But Papa Elephant was beaming; he
took 10 notice whatever of the gos-
hawks remark. 81 think it's pretty
fair" he said modestly; "and tomor-
row you shall take baby to be photo
graphed, too. my dear" he added, turn
ing to his wife, who looked quite a
size larger than usual with pride and
Importance.
So the next morning they went
"She will make a lovely picture,
ma am. real beauty; there's no doubt
about that" said the monkey, putting
his head on the side and surveying
little Miss Elephant with an admiring
smile.
Now, as Baby Elephant was very
short and very fat with very large ears
and very little eyes, and nasty sull1y
temper, she was not by any means a
beauty. but, of course, her fond man.
ma thought her lovely, and quite
agreed with all the flattering remarks
of the cunning monkey.
Turn your toes out, my dear, and
let your ears flop little more" she
said, smiling with gratified material
vanity at the stumpy little object.
"Do as the gentleman tells you, ducky,
and look pleasant"
"Shant," replied the animal child,
nearly shutting her little eyes, and
turning up her trunk, as she had no
nose.
The monkey discreetly had loud fit
of coughing at once, while Mrs. Ele-
phant tried to coax her refractory off
spring into good behaviour and after
several attempts she was induced to
get into the proper position.
Playful little pet, said the monkey,
smiling as affably as he could.
"Oh, yes, it's all her playful disposi-
tion,' assented Mrs. Elephant, eager
ly. "She is such giddy little thing
like a kitten, you know"
"Oh, very like kitten; very much
so indeed" agreed the donkey polite
ly out loud. NASTY, ill-tempered little
brat" he muttered to himself.
But at last he managed to get Miss
Elephant in corner and hastily took
the photograph and ran off with it
into a dark cupboard at the end of
the room, which smelled like partic-
ularly nasty chemists shop.
While he was gone Miss Elephant
would amuse herself by trying to look
through the camera. although her
mamma repeatedly told her to leave
it alone and come and sit down like
a good child; and at last she got ner
head under the piece of black cloth,
as she had seen the monkey do. and
could not get out again. In her strug
giles she knocked the whole thing over
and fell on it, which broke it into little
pieces.
And just then the monkey ran back
in state of great excitement to say
he must take another photograph, as
he found he had forgotten to take the
cap off the camera, and therefore there
was no portrait. But, alas. the appara-
tus was smashed; no more pictures
could be taken, and Mrs. Elephant,
who had put her best bonnet on. in
tending to have her own photograph
taken as well, as surprise for Papa,
fairly cried with disappointment.
But am glad to say she gave little
Miss Elephant a good whipping when
she got home. and sent her to bed
without any supper, which served her
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