Identifier: stnicholasserial271dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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at them threateningly asthey slowly moved off, and then trotted ongaily to hand over to Nooro the fruit he wasso fond of. A whole moon passed away before Popowent after keekees again. On his way heseemed to exercise unusual caution. Hereached in safety the place where the keekeeswere growing, and, boldly taking off the finestbunch of all, hurried back. All went well thistime until, coming to a very narrow pass be-tween high rocks, Popo stopped and looked 192 THE LITTLE BOY AND THE ELEPHANT. (Jan. round, extending his trunk in every direction up to him two men ; but flee from them he and sniffing the air. At last, scenting no dan- could not, he was so weak. The people of ger, he went on. that country were kind to elephants, and But at the other end of that narrow pass prized them highly. These two men took were the other elephants lying in wait for him. pity on him, dug up certain roots, pressed out They knew he would have to come that way, the juice, and with it washed his wounds and
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POPO, THE ELEPHANT, WAS ADMIRED WHEREVER HE WENT. and stood ready to fall upon him the momenthe got there. He was already almost therewhen he took alarm, but now the passage wasso narrow that he could scarcely turn. Boldlyhe pushed forward, when out from either sidesprang a dozen elephants, seized him by thelegs, and held him fast, while twice as manymore rushed upon him from the front, crowd-ing upon him so thick he could not move.Savagely they attacked him from the back, andwould, no doubt, have killed him, but sud-denly they all fled. They had placed sentinelsto give warning of any danger, and these hadsounded the alarm. Away they all sped, andwere lost in the jungle. Poor Popo alone remained. There came bound them up. They tied a rope to one ofhis legs, that he might not get away fromthem; but he was ready to follow, for theirkindness made him already love them ; and thiselephant, by far the largest and shrewdest thathad ever been seen in that part of the country,whom no traps cou

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