The Idle Boy And the Menagerie Embellished With Cuts
The Idle Boy And the Menagerie Embellished With Cuts
Reid, D. B. (David Boswell), 1805-1863
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A little flight of steps led to a landing-place or gallery, that seemed to form an entrance to the enclosure, and this enclosure their father told them was the menagerie. No sooner had they entered it, than they were struck with the loud roaring noises made by the various animals it contained, which, together with the din in the street outside, for it was a holy-day, almost bewildered them. In a short 12 THE MENAGERIE. time, however, they became accus- tomed to it, and were able to walk quietly... round the enclosure, and ex- amine the animals at their leisure. " The Elephant. " Oh, papa!" said Frank, " here is an elephant! how sagacious he looks! May 1 give him an apple, to see him put it into his mouth with his trunk?" "You may, " replied Frank's father. Frank did so, and jfi was highly delighted with seeing' the animal take up the apple in a moment with the end of his trunk or proboscis, and put it in his mouth. THE MENAGERIE. 13 " Elephants, " said Mr. L. , " are mostly brought from Ceylon, a large island near Asia; but they also inhabit many countries of Africa, where they live upon herbs and fruit, and the tender parts of shrubs, or the grain of the bamboo.
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