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Updated: May 14, 2025
"I will!" promised the elephant. And then, as the afternoon show was over, and it was not yet time for the night one to begin, the animals had a little quiet time to themselves. And, as they had done once before, they got ready to listen to a story. In the book before this I have written for you the story of Woo-Uff, the lion. And before that I gave you the story of Snarlie, the tiger.
"Let Umboo alone! He'll tell us what happened." "Oh, I beg your pardon," said Chako. "I was so anxious that I could hardly wait to hear. We monkeys are very much afraid of snakes, you know." "So I have heard," said Woo-Uff. "Please go on, Umboo." So Umboo told the rest of his story. In the jungle he stood, with one foot raised, ready to crush the big snake.
"That is all, yes. I stayed with that circus for some time, and then was sold again, and as you all know, brought here. And I like it here very much, because you are all so kind to me. And I enjoyed listening to the story you told, Woo-Uff, and to Snarlie's story also." "Well, we liked yours," said Chako, the monkey, as he hung by his tail and ate a peanut.
"And don't forget about sliding down hill," added Woo-Uff, the lion. "Did your mother let you?" "Oh, yes, she let me," answered Umboo. "At first she did not want to, for a lot of the big elephants were having this fun. But, after a while, when they went away from the hill, having slid down enough, and when Keedah, and some of the other elephant boys and girls, took their turn, I went with them.
And maybe Umboo's jungle story will go in a book, as mine did." "Is yours in a book?" asked Humpo, the camel. "It is," answered Snarlie, and he did not speak at all proudly as some tigers might. "My story is in a book, and there are pictures of me, and also Toto, the little Indian princess. For I came from India, just as Umboo did." "Now who is talking?" asked Woo-Uff, the lion.
"What did you come away from the jungle for, if you don't like it in this circus?" asked Woo-Uff, the big yellow lion, who lay on his back in his cage, his legs stuck up in the air, for he was cooler that way. "Why did you come from the jungle, Chako?" "I didn't want to come," answered the swinging monkey.
You would nip me, would you?" cried the elephant, as he raised his big foot to crush the snake before it had a chance to bite and poison him. "Did the snake bite you?" asked Chako, the funny monkey chap, who was hanging by his tail, upside down, listening to the story told by Umboo. "Did the snake bite you?" "Oh, can't you keep quiet?" asked Woo-Uff, the lion, in his deep, rumbly voice.
"Indeed it is not," said Snarlie. "A palace is a big house, like this circus tent, only it is made of stone. Princess Toto and I lived there, but now I live in a circus, and I shall never see Toto again! I liked her very much." "I like children, too," said Woo-Uff, the lion, in his deep, rumbly voice.
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