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Title: Harper's young people
Year: 1879 (1870s)
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Subjects: Children's periodicals, American
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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n. Fancy an elephant dancing! But he docs it. and onthe bottom of a tub which is hardly large enough to holdhis four great feet at once. It is no wonder that he soontires of such fun. and wants to try something else. Hethinks he will be a musician, and so he pushes his masterfrom the instrument, and grinds out the music for him-self, while the Clown dances. This he tires of too. and hisnext prank is to play seesaw. He gets on one end ofthe plank, while his master mounts the other. Of coursehis great weight brings his end to the ground, and thepoor Clown is tossed up aloft, and comes down on his head. After all this, such an accomplished Elephant mav besupposed to want his supper. A table is brought in, and hebegins his meal, with his master sitting opposite. Alas!he is very greedy. He eats up all the food, but otherwisehe behaves very well; he takes his wine from a bottle in-stead of a glass, but he uses his napkin in a very carefuland polite way. MARCH U7, 1883. HAEPERS YOUNG PEOPLE.
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330 HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV. During the meal some one in the audience usuallythrows a bouquet. The Clown and Elephant both bowin acknowledgment; but while his master is busy tak-ing away the remnants of the meal the Elephant sitscarelessly down on the poor flowers. The Clown search-es for them, and is quite in despair at their ruined con-dition. Finally the Elephant and his master lie down for a nap;but the Elephant, instead of being quiet, roars so loudlythat the Clown reproves him severely for snoring.After a little while they seem to find sleep impossible, andthey both march off the scene. As they depart, a shock-ing accident happens. The Clown, happening to seize theElephants tail, it comes off in his hand, and the pooranimal disappears tailless behind the curtain. THE COURT MUSICIAN; OR, THK LORD MAYORS RIDDLE. & SJlaji. Eu SCijtcc Slcts. BY EI^IOT M.oCOE.MICIv. CHARACTERS. I, i-micfili A fiddler. An/imiii .Vni-iironi... • t An organ- The Lord Mayor.First Alderman.

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