B. Ha! Ha! Ha! You are a witty boy. T. Shall we go to the Zoological Gardens now, to see the wild beasts?

B. Yes, please; which is the way?

T. Come along with me:

the way.

I'll show you

B. What crowds of people there are. Is it always so?

Bank

T. No! Only on National Holidays and

Sundays.

B. Ah! look at those children. know what that tall pole with

Do you

the ropes

hanging from the top is called in English?

is it called

7. No, what

do you call it

in English?

B. It is called a giant's stride, because if

you grasp the rope

and spring forward, you

can take a very long stride, like a giant.

T. Ah! that's a very good name for it: we call it chikiyumawari in Japanese.

(They enter the Zoo)

IX. & X.-AT THE ZOO.

B. What a big elephant! Quite a monster! Where did he come from?

7. He was caught in the forests of Siam, and presented to our Emperor by the king of that country.

B. Let's give him some cakes to eat, shall we?

T. Yes, that will be fun! some at this refreshment stall. B. What sort shall I get?

We can buy

T. Please give me 10 sen and I'll buy them for you. I know the sort he likes.

(He buys cakes and they feed the

are afraid he might break loose and do much (harm unless they did so.

damage

7. What is his long nose called, sir?

Explain: bun, slice of cake, loaf, pie, pudding.

B.-What is this a picture of?

B.-Who are those two gentlemen by the tree?
B. What is that large building on the right?
B.-No, it is the monkey cage.

T. It is a scene in Ueno Park.
T. They are Professors H
T.-It is the lions' den, isn't it?

and R

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B. It is called a trunk.

T. What a wonderful

thing
organ

it is, isn't it?

B. Yes, it is to him arm, hand, fingers, nose, cup, and a means of defence.

T. Can you tell me an interesting story about an elephant?

B. Yes, many.

But here is one I think

you have never heard before :—

"Once a baker visited a travelling menagerie or wild beast show in England. Now this baker thought himself a very clever fellow. But he was too clever. When the elephant put out his trunk for something to eat, he gave him a biscuit in which was hidden a piece of very strong tobacco. It made the poor beast very sick, which the cunning baker thought very funny. The next day he tried to play the same trick, but the elephant seized him in his trunk, lifted him high in the air, and then threw him violently to the ground, half killing him. He would have trampled the cruel fellow to death had