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MRS. P. AMONG THE ANIMALS.
YOU call this a carryvan,
don't you?” said Mrs.
Partington at the menagerie.
“May be it
is; but I should like
to know where the
silks and other costive
things are that we
read of, which the carryvans carry
over the deserts of Sarah, in the
eastern country.”
“The elephant has them in his trunk, marm,” replied
the keeper.
“Then that is the reason, I s'pose, why he always
carries it before him, so he can have an eye on it. But
what is this animal with a large wart on his nose?”
“That is the gnu, marm.”
“Mercy on me!” exclaimed Mrs. P., “this must be
one of them foreign news that the steamer brings over.
They feed 'em, I dare say, on potatoes and vegetables,
and that is why breadstuffs and flour are so awful dear
most always after they arrive!” and the old lady left
soon after, full of new light, and admiration for the
monkeys.
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