. Peck's bad boy with the circus [microform]. d him theyhad all been fed, and just then the girafife,whoseneck was so long the horseradish did not reacha vital spot aS quick as it did with the hippo^began to yell for the police and dance he stood on his head and neck, withhis heels against a cage, and coughed like hehad caught pneumonia. Pa said to the bosscanvasman: Well, what do you think ofthat? The zebras had their inning next, and afterthey had swallowed their rations of horse-radish, they never said a word, but began torun around like dancing the lancers, and whenthey got
. Peck's bad boy with the circus [microform]. d him theyhad all been fed, and just then the girafife,whoseneck was so long the horseradish did not reacha vital spot aS quick as it did with the hippo^began to yell for the police and dance he stood on his head and neck, withhis heels against a cage, and coughed like hehad caught pneumonia. Pa said to the bosscanvasman: Well, what do you think ofthat? The zebras had their inning next, and afterthey had swallowed their rations of horse-radish, they never said a word, but began torun around like dancing the lancers, and whenthey got to going it looked like a kaleidoscope,and the six zebras looked like a million. Pasaid: *T never saw such a sight since I usedto drink, but I have either got the jim-jams,or something awful has happened to thismenagerie. The educated hog got a double dose, andhe squealed and couldnt pick out the rightcard, and then the llamas got busy on theirportion of horseradish, and they cried in Span-ish, and stood on their hind legs and shed Pa Tasted of It PECKS BAD BOY Pa got so rattled he looked ten years olderthan he did when the afternoon performanceopened. The manager of the big show camein to know why the elephants had not beensent into the dressing-room, to be got readyfor the grand entree. Just then the elephantsbegan to eat their horseradish, and when theywere driven into the big tent they were com-plaining about something being wrong insideof them, and as they came by the lemonadestand they seemed to be yelling *Fire! Thenthey all stopped at the stand and began todrink the lemonade out of the barrels, whichseemed to put out the fire. The animals quieted down a little, and pawent into the big tent to consult the manager,and I thought it was a shame that the lionsand hyenas and tigers couldnt have any fun,so I went to the table where the meat was laidout ready to feed them, and cut a hole in eachpiece of meat and put in a double handful ofhorseradish, and just then th
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