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As the band played on, words seemed to be coming of themselves to Jerry's tongue, and in a sort of rhythmical chant he was repeating in time to the music as the elephants got directly in front of him: "Great Sult Anna O'Queen, in the jungle, Carryin' water for the ellifants, Great Sult Anna O'Queen, in the jungle Carryin' water for the ellifants."
Jerry was awfully glad that he had found his parents and that he was going with them and was much excited at the thought of traveling with the circus for three whole weeks and getting real well acquainted with Great Sult Anna O'Queen, but his throat grew all lumpy at the thought of leaving kindly Mother 'Larkey, loving Kathleen and gentle Nora and Chris and yes, and Danny and Celia Jane, too.
"He didn't know he said it," Chris added, "an' he couldn't tell Danny what he meant by it, could he, Danny?" "No," Danny replied. "That clinches it!" exclaimed Whiteface, and took Jerry from his mother's arms. "Don't you cry any more, Gary-boy. Nobody shall hurt you again. O'Queen was what you used to call Sultana, the elephant 'Sult Anna O'Queen, as though that were her name.
"It's an Irish name, if it's got an O in front of it, and you said 'O'Queen'," Celia Jane stated. "Did you ever know an Irish man or Irish woman by the name of 'O'Queen'?" questioned Danny. "I don't know," repeated Jerry, his lips twisting in real distress at not being able to think what could have made him say a thing like that.
Jerry was aware that he was crooning, but did not know that he had risen to his feet and was repeating those two lines of verse out loud. The band suddenly stopped playing, and in the ensuing silence the childish treble of Jerry's voice was heard by every one in that section of seats saying: "Great Sult Anna O'Queen, in the jungle, Carryin' water for the ellifants."
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