Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-09

don't do it just for sport" replied the
Wise Dream Man. They use it's skin to
make leather for sandals and roast its
flesh for food. The little cords in its legs
called tendons they use as thread for
sewing the leather and also for strings.
like those Of violin, on their funny
musical instruments.
But over here, Bobbie" continued the
Dream Man, as he pointed to some big
animals with huge. spreading horns. are
the Norway elks. larger than the gil
raffe.
Look, it's got such long legs" Bobbie
exclaimed. as the cloak stopped before
the case that held the elks.
Yes. and its long legs make an elk
taller than a horse. but they also keep 1t
from eating close to the ground, for its
neck is short and thick 1t lives off the
tops of low bushes and the leaves of
trees. for its home is in the forest. Peo-
pie have sometimes wondered how it
could run between the trees with those
big horns, but if you could ever watch
one. Bobbie. you would see him turn his
head so far on the side that his horns
would be up and down instead of across.
"In fact he can go through the forest
SO quietly that even dead twig won
move. But he is not fierce animal, for
he is easily frightened. and gallops away
very fast. If he has to fight he uses his
horns and his feet and he has been
known to kill wolf with one blow OF
his hind foot"
Bobbie thought the elks fine. but there
was SO much to see there in the museum.
..Oh, look, Mr.. Dream Man. at the rni,
noceroses," he cried as the CLOAK moved
on. Sure enough. there were TWO ire
mendous ones that had been killed ana
brought from their home IN AFRICA. IL,
hat
hean cleaned Robbie thought they looked
dirty. ,... cold Tho
Dream Man, as though BoDpie nad spoheh
out loud They love to batne ana wal,
low in the mud, and they sleep nearly all
day long" -. - Lu,
And then do they come OUT 10 XIII
animals?" asked Bobbie.
..No. they haven't very much sense ana
they are generally AFRAID excepl MneI
and IN don't have to kill other animals
for food But if a lion attacks nm Mr..
Bh;noceros uses those two horns tnat
grow in such funny way ON ms neau ~.
He can't see very wen gu. " nr.an,
tie mig ewes" continued the Dream
Man. but he hears things very quick
~ The little bird sitting up on tna1
old fellow. Bobbie, is one 0, the klho
that generally flies with the rnInoc-
crosses and oftentimes Wnen an ."t an
q
,hair wings and the rhinoceros Is warned
.It.s very funny, Bobbie, to see
rhinoceros walking with her
,i,,ia calf for the little fellow. instead
of running behind like the non cups.
trots along in front. and she guioes 1t
bv holding the point OF ner horn On
IT'S back. Even when they are gailop-
ing they travel that way.
X *
Put over here, Bobbie. are some
other big animals that are also 1ol-
lowed and oftentimes warned by oirds'
continued the Dream Man
.Why.. they're big buffaloes. bobbie
exclaimed. as the cloak rested In front
Of the case.
THAT'S quite right. Bobbie: only these
70 not like the buffaloes here In the
United states. for they came from
Africa and are called water DuHaioes
In Africa they are generaHy WIG Du.
In India they have been tanned and
taurht to pull wagons and carry loads
on their backs. Like Mr.. nnlnoceros
4 water buffalo likes to waliow In the
mud and to plunge into stream ana
this isn't very convenient II ne Is tame
and has q package strapped TO MS
back
can nearly always whip tiger The
natives in India are not afraid to go
into any dark forest II they are driving
a herd of buffaloes, for a tiger would
soon be killed. Quite often the princes
of India when they give Dig entertain
ments have buffalo fights, ana some
times tigers and buffaloes are put to-
"Often when the natives go out to
shoot the water birds Mat live around