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Toomai of the Elephants

           LittleToomailooked,holdinghisbreath,withhiseyesstartingoutofhishead,andashelooked,moreandmoreandmoreelephantsswungoutintotheopenfrombetweenthetreetrunks.LittleToomaicouldonlycountuptoten,andhecountedagainandagainonhisfingerstillhelostcountofthetens,andhisheadbegantoswim.Outsidetheclearinghecouldhearthemcrashingintheundergrowthastheyworkedtheirwayupthehillside,butassoonastheywerewithinthecircleofthetreetrunkstheymovedlikeghosts.

           Therewerewhite-tuskedwildmales,withfallenleavesandnutsandtwigslyinginthewrinklesoftheirnecksandthefoldsoftheirears;fat,slow-footedshe-elephants,withrestless,littlepinkyblackcalvesonlythreeorfourfeethighrunningundertheirstomachs;youngelephantswiththeirtusksjustbeginningtoshow,andveryproudofthem;lanky,scraggyold-maidelephants,withtheirhollowanxiousfaces,andtrunkslikeroughbark;savageoldbullelephants,scarredfromshouldertoflankwithgreatwealsandcutsofbygonefights,andthecakeddirtoftheirsolitarymudbathsdroppingfromtheirshoulders;andtherewasonewithabrokentuskandthemarksofthefull-stroke,theterribledrawingscrape,ofatiger’sclawsonhisside.

           Theywerestandingheadtohead,orwalkingtoandfroacrossthegroundincouples,orrockingandswayingallbythemselvesscoresandscoresofelephants.

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