"
Umboo reached out his trunk, when the man's back was turned toward
him, and gently took out the handkerchief. Then the big elephant boy
pretended to wipe his face with it.
"Ha! Ha!" laughed the circus man. "That is a good trick! I must give
the elephant a big lump of sugar."
He did so, and Umboo liked it very much, letting the sweet juice
trickle down his throat.
"I wish they would give me sugar every time I take out the white rag,"
thought Umboo. "It's fun!"
After this Umboo did not pile lumber any more. He was taken out of the
yard, and kept by himself in a small stable, and given nice things to
eat until one day the circus man opened the door and called:
"Well, Umboo, I guess we are ready to start now. You are going to say
good-bye to India and to the jungle. You are going where Jumbo went--
off to America to be in a circus show!"
Of course Umboo did not understand all that the circus man said to
him, but the elephant boy thought to himself:
"Well, he is kind to me. He gives me sugar. I'll go with him, and pull
that white rag out of his pocket as often as he lets me.
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