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•■OKOAT, AWOL !»'1^^'■ MBUMA ' > Wdl, youngsters, my yam today has to do with an ad venture 1 had in Burma, a part of Indiw bordering on the eastern coast of th’ Bay of Bengal. Kangy, Singoot and I had gone a^ore to have a little fun, and to se» what th* country looked like. Before that day ended we had quite a time of it We were wanderin’around' when we hove alongside a big elephant. Th’ chocolate- colored native in charge of him asked us if we wouldn't like-to take a ride. Kangy wiggled his whiskers and looked very tickled. Singoot seemed willin’ and 1 thought it would be great to cruise on an elephant So we climbed aboard and got started. It was smooth sailin’ un til we hove alongside of two arguin’ jiatives. That ele phant gave ’em a swat with his trunk and actually stood on his hind-legs and grinned dlin’ along sm(^n’ his pipe. - 1 if th’ ele- I'll be dingbpsted _ phant didn’t pick th’ mp up in his trunk, dump him into a river that was near, then trotted on, snickerin’ to himself. , . Then th’ funniest thing of th’ day happened—but not for th’ elephant We were joggin’ along, ^in‘ in th’ scenery, when in th’ road, ■right in front of th’ el^ phant, a little mouse popped up and began to squeak, rve never seen anything so scared as that elephant was. You see, an elephant is afraid that a mouse will run up th’ inside of his trunk. Well s’r, he went right up into th’ air, and off into th’ dirt we went. Th* last we saw of him he was tearin’ down th’ road in a cloud of dust when th’ two of ’em picked themselves up and called him a name. We’d no sooner got clear of th’ natives when we ov»- took a fat white man wad- ■4 I sMmR SMATre/2, CHATlLB^i you [A/ALk: ArzourJD AS IP You rifZBlD . vVAS Tired I wouldn't WALK AROUND - / AR'B Your. / pjo. — MY An'!^TUZBD, PBBT nrzBD IT'S N^Y HBAD THAT GUTS 77/2: JDOA LOT OF HBAT> WORK A MB'S A A
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