The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-11-14

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49, erocodhe lhe little boy hardly had time
TO be in real danger before he savta large
~. ., elephant come from the bushes Coiline
is trunk around the tail of the crocodile the eephanf
1he little boy--Prnce Nooro was his ,name for,o+
ms s rsni ano Jumped up and down, laughing and clan
ping nhands to see the reptile 60 up turn over and
over and come down splash into the water
M was on the bank of beautiful river and they stood
lookng at each other, little Nooro and the noble ee
pnant that had saved his life &, 81 - : I,
ne elephant gently wound its trunk around the hod
OF the little boy and taking him up went away through
the thicket into the deep jungle. s.. 49, =.
NooIo had seen tame elephants, and was at first not
aao but as ne was carried along through the forest
he became uneasy
want to go to my mama p he cried
VI course, the elephant did not know what he meant
besde ne had his notions of what he ought to do
with the boy; and m 50 he went on 5S s'H
over nigh hills and across deep valleys went the ee-
plant with long, swinging steps until they were under
some tall trees bearing fruit Moore knew the fruit
quite we'll and was fond of it The elephant too liked
sweet fruit and reaching high up with his trunk
brought some of down. which he ate with great reE
sh he did not forget the little boy and to him he gave
was the elephant pleasednot much because he was
eating what he himself liked but because the child ate
BESIDES fruits they also had nuts of several Sorts
When the sun went down and the darkness came on
MORO once more began to think Of his mother and that
m3ds 1S himFery but at length he fell asleep. 49,
When he 'awoke in the morning the little boy again
thought Of his mama and CRIED but each day passed.
The elephant Had placed him in Il, large
made OF great many sticks, and SO high supy m the
branches Of tall tree that he could ust reach it with
MS trunk ~ spd put Moore into il Bot when rained
and place him under his body, closing his huge legs
around him. and setting up great broad pameaves on
each side OF him. and was thing that drop of
rain fell into the snug shelter where Nooro was cozy
nesting. #s ~ sz...
Sometimes these heavy showers lasted for hours
While the rain came down in torrents he would peep
cut to the monkeys and the SQUIRRELS running for
shelter among the trees and branches.
With these creatures he the best of terms.
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up IN his nest they would to him with choice fruits
and nuts, on purpose to see him eat Besides they
brought the httie baby monkeys to play with him and
nothing afforded them greater sport than to see him try
to climb after the young monkeys as they bounded from
limb to limb and out of sheer Joy the older ones then
selves would scamper up and down among the branches.
Nooro had by this time quite forgotten what few
words he had learned when at home with his mothers
but he naturally fell into kind of language Of his own
and he had names for the different foods. The fruit
he liked best of all he called keekee" His good friend
the elephants who took such good of him. he called
KEEP r9gRo As would 'ay to the elephant: "p0R0-fss-
It was when Nooro was about eight years old that he
saw one day while aoft in his tree lot of elephants
"Popos poposr he cried out, in his queer invented
language "More poposi thought there was only one
And while he was so much excited up in the tree.
Popo below stamping the groind with his big feet,
his trunk stretched in the direction of the elephants.
The elephants came on slowly nearer and nearer; and
Nooro, seeing they had tusks, but only short tshes
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When they got within a stones throw they halted
They seemed to be afraid to 60 any farther But they
kept swinging their trunks round in dreadful manner.
as it they meant mischief.
Popo uttered another loud cry which was taken up by
the other elephants and the forest rang with the strange
noise tf ~ 9sE
There they stood with their trunks stretched out oii-
nously toward Popo; but he quiet and seemed
not to heed them, but eisurely famed himself with
bunch of leaves. tks $3.50
All at once single elephant bore down upon Popo,
who dropped his fan and stood ready to- meet him
When he came Popo, suddenly lowering his head
rushed hercely toward the other wo frightened by the
very sight of those dreadful tusks turned and fed
The other ELEPHANTS terrified broke and fed aso,, and
soon out Of sight while Popo payully twiTled off
the leaves within easy reach brushed away the flies
that were troubling him
Moore and Popo lived In the deepest secuson of the
forest and after the elephants gone all was peace
full for long time.
whole moon passed away before Popo, went after
keekees again On his way he seemed to exercise un-
usual caution He reached in safety the place where the
keekees growing, and boldly taking OF the hnest
until coming to very narrow pass between high rocks,
Popo stopped and looked round extending his trunk in
every direction and shifting the air AT last seeming
no danger, he went on
other elephants lying in wait for him They knew he
weeld have that way, and stood ready e. iah
Hpon him the moment he got there. lie was already
almost there when he took alarm but now the passage
was 90 narrow that he could scarcely turn Boldly nc
rushed forward when out from either side spfang "a
dozen elephants seized him by the legs and neld MN
fast while twice as many more rushed upon hin from
the front. crowding upon him 50 thick ne coud not
move Sayaqev they attacked him from the back and
would no doubt have killed him, but suddenly tney
iii Aed They had placed sentinels to give warning OF
any danger, and these had sounded the alarm. away
they all sped and were lost IN the jungle s8.:.
Poor Popo alone remained. There came np TO MN
two men but Ace from them he could not, ne was