"He would take up some small animal and walk coolly off with it"

"Chaffer was the first to meet the hunters face to face"

"Jinks never was so happy as when he was leading his pack"

"Jock had never seen anything like it before"

"Tera sprang at the nearest calf, bringing him to the ground"

"Osra and his wives took up the chickens one by one, and swallowed
them whole"

"Furious with rage, Brunie rose up and went to meet them"

"Mona did his best to attract the parrot's attention"




RATAPLAN, ROGUE


In one of the thick, shady and tangled forests of Ceylon a fine,
fully-grown elephant was one day standing moodily by himself. His huge
form showed high above the tangled brushwood, but his wide, flat feet
and large, pillar-like legs were hidden in the thick undergrowth.

He was not standing still, however--for no elephant has ever been
known to do that yet--his massive, elongated head, with its wide, flat