St Nicholas [serial] . much interested in the little animal,and never lost an opportunity of visiting andfeeding her. She took all these attentions withthe greatest good nature, and would receivea banana from a childs little fingers with theutmost gentleness. Then of course the inevi-table ride had to be taken by the little tots,who would afterward go away delighted with dear Sidney. Their greatest amusement was to watch the process of giving her milk, and their merry peals of laughter did one good to listen to. The ejaculations of the ayahs, who seemed to find Vol. XXV.—8. as much pleasure in
St Nicholas [serial] . much interested in the little animal,and never lost an opportunity of visiting andfeeding her. She took all these attentions withthe greatest good nature, and would receivea banana from a childs little fingers with theutmost gentleness. Then of course the inevi-table ride had to be taken by the little tots,who would afterward go away delighted with dear Sidney. Their greatest amusement was to watch the process of giving her milk, and their merry peals of laughter did one good to listen to. The ejaculations of the ayahs, who seemed to find Vol. XXV.—8. as much pleasure in watching this scene as didtheir little charges, were very characteristic;and their comments and by-talk to the childrenas the little lad who assisted Rengan handedhim bottle after bottle were very funny. Cer-tainly the opening of Sidneys cavernous jawsand the quantity of milk she swallowed wereenough to amuse and astonish any one. There was one thing that Sidney never gotused to — and that was a dog. She disliked. the opening of Sidneys cavernous jaws and the quantity ok milk she swallowed were enough to astonish any one. the whole tribe, possibly because they wouldcome sniffing around her heels; but so long asone was there it was impossible to do anythingwith her. I have seen men who have comeover with one or two fox-terriers get so nervousat the rage she would get into when they yelpedand snapped at her that they would retire andtake their dogs with them. But in her greatestfury (and she used to get very boisterous undersuch circumstances) she would never show the ;8 A BABY ELEPHANT. slightest anger toward any one of us who knewher, and I have often taken her by the ear, andled her away without resistance when she wasin the midst of one of her tantrums. Four years passed by, and Sidney began togrow very big and heavy, and gave every prom-ise of being a handsome animal, docile andtractable. When she was sent for to the bun-galow, which was generally done when visitorswere
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