I wonder what
he was saying about Jumbo?"
For Umboo remembered hearing the other elephants talking about Jumbo,
who, however, came from Africa and not from India.
"Come, Umboo!" called the circus man. "You are going on a big ship,
and take a long ride. I hope you will not be seasick."
Umboo did not know exactly what a ship was. He had seen big boats come
up the river, near where he worked, to get lumber, and some of the
elephants, who had been down near the ocean shore, said those boats
were ships. And of course Umboo did not know what it meant to be
seasick.
However he liked the circus man, and when the elephant boy came out of
the stable he felt around with his trunk in the man's pocket.
"For," thought Umboo, "if I pull that white rag out of his coat again,
maybe he'll give me some more sweet sugar."
So, with the tip of his trunk, which could pick up little things, even
as you can with your fingers, Umboo felt about for the handkerchief.
He did not find it, however.
"Ha! Ha!" laughed the circus man, "You did not forget, did you? You
are going to be a good trick elephant, I'm sure.
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