The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One

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. Men need buffaloes. Farmers want to use them for plowing the gro

f water they are called water buffaloes there. But in Italy they are not

h the buffaloes from the jungle i

faloes are fond of going. Then the men take strong nets made of ropes, and spread the nets under th

uffaloes which are not caught run away. But those that are caught struggle fiercely. A

ush up and tie a stout rope around the neck of each buffalo. The rope ha

to get up and march with them. In this way the m

h they may have caught and tamed some time before. And as the people have been doing this for many, m

s Tamed Quick

ere is a pond. In the deep part of the pond there is plenty of good water to drink; and in the s

ld ones and the tame ones. Every day the men throw into the cor

They have plenty to eat, plenty to drink, and plenty of mud in which to wallow. Th

ot have to walk about all day to get enough to eat, and then walk a good way to find water to drin

ill, even after that, the old and the new ones are al

ne buffalo that has been tame for a long time, and one that is newly-tamed. Then i

r wallowing and enjoying themselves. So, even if they have to do a little work, the new buffaloes s

e buffaloes have no work at all. The

d to lie about and sleep in a little plot of ground somewhere in the village. By daytime they are taken out into the fields outside the village, an

e tame. Why? Because they are treated kindly. Please remem

ffaloes. It is the nicest part because it shows

e fields to graze. Well, then, somebody has to do that in the

o do it, you may say. Quite true. But the herdsman doe

Take Charge

ey are about five or six years of age. They are not old enough to go t

lls-"Come out to graze," "Come to wallow," or "Come home now." And the wonderful thing is that these huge an

n become-especially a dog or a horse. Still, I do not think that any animal can show s

about in the mud on the side of the bank where the buffaloes may be wallowing. Or the boys will splash about in the water where the

m, playing hide and seek, and running in and out between the buffaloes' le

ffaloes Love t

g, and taller than a tall man; and it has horns that reach out more than a yard from each side of the head. This huge animal could charge and sm

ge buffalo is grazing hungrily, and a little

the boy. But the buffalo

you!" says the boy. But the buffa

e huge buffalo on the jaw. The buffalo puts up hi

all the more for it. So it is with the buffalo and the little tot. And it would not matter

a wonderful true story