"Now, my trick elephant," he said, "we will soon be going ashore, and
we will see how you like a circus."
CHAPTER XIV
UMBOO IN THE CIRCUS
Many things happened to Umboo after he was taken out of the ship in
which he had crossed the ocean. And there were so many of them that he
could not remember all of them to tell his circus friends who were
listening to his story.
"But did you get seasick?" asked Humpo, the camel. "That's what I want
to know. Did you get seasick?"
"No, I did not," answered Umboo. "But I was tired of staying in the
dark part of the ship so long. I wanted to get out in the sun. And I
wanted to see if I could do that trick again, of taking the white rag
from the man's pocket."
"And did you?" asked Snarlie, the tiger.
"I did, the first chance I had," answered Umboo. "But that was not
until I had been off the ship for a day or so."
Umboo and the other animals were taken from the ship, and again put in
railroad cars to be taken to a sort of training place. Wild animals,
fresh from the jungle, are not taken at once to the circus.
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