The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One

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buffaloes. The little boys of the village took charge of them every da

iend of each. Sometimes he alone had charge of them, and took them ou

g to take them to the fields, he would just stamp his little bare foot and call out to

h this way or that, Gulab would walk up to the buffalo and spank him on the jaw. Then the buffalo would move into line, exactly as Gulab wanted him to do. Or,

t order, Gulab would come to the front of

head, Baldo!"

would bend down his head, and Gulab would climb up by one of

d order-and the who

Prince, whose father was a Rajah-that is, a kind of king. The little Prin

jah wanted to order a tiger hunt for them. But it is not easy to have a tiger hunt just when you want to have it. Wh

ut. Then suddenly a strange piece of news came from th

e shallow water for a while, and Gulab splashed about or tumbled in the mud near them. Th

ter and was giving a low, deep bellow. Two or three other buffaloes stood up also, and gav

y to see what was wrong.

Baldo?" he asked. "W

y. All the other bulls came also, and some went past him on the right side, and

f yellow leaped out of the jungle, and came

from the jungle beyond, and had been trying to creep up to him quietly from thicket to thicket. But the buffaloes

he was more frightened than he had ever been in his life. He w

d and round the ring, trying to find a gap between the horn

lab's heart. Something inside him told

g behind the buffalo. And Baldo lowered his bo

o's hind knee, which was now bent quite low. In that way Gulab climbed

e back of the ring, "Open out!" And the buffaloes opened out at the back of the ring, and made a cre

right and left, to see

charge!" he cried

e a huge leap to the side to get away; but the buffaloes on that side opened out and headed off the t

hrough brambles and bushes and thickets, till at last the tiger jumped across a ravine and ran

oss the ground; so the buffaloes could not get over it, as they cannot jump as far as a t

went around to that side to hunt the tiger. They found him and wounded him four or five times. But it takes a lot more than that to kill a tiger. The tiger

and will not come out and be hunted, th

at way? Ca

rse, the bu

a long line in front of the thicket. And on the other side of the thicket

into lanes; so the tiger had to run out on the other side. But on that side the six Englishmen were waiting for him; and they all

that a cat has nine lives; then a tiger must have ninety-nine lives. So this tiger jumped about, torn up as he was, a

pon him, and now the torn-up tiger could not get away. So the buffaloes trample

trees, as they thought the excitement was all ov

-quick! Don't let m

n friends in the village; but if they should see a stranger, they would charge him just as quic

t, and stayed up in the trees ti

n would not bother to stay with them there, he left the

their guns to their servants, to carry away to the palace. Afterwards the Englishmen wa

ey had not come back to the palace. It was

Papa, who was the herdsman, "Papa,

not there! He shouted, whistled, and gave

ywhere, but he could not see the b

es. Something was happening under the trees! He could see a lot of

the buffaloes! But why were they there

rattling their horns. And what was very strange, the buffaloes were not looking

why the buffaloes were behaving like that. But he did

ldo! Down

d all the others glared at t

ieked. "Down, or

hed to Chando, and spanked him on the jaw. He rushed f

rce themselves, obeyed the little boy. They blinked, then one by one lowered t

dered. And the buffaloes slow

en who were up in the trees: "You may come down now. My buffaloes

ffaloes, and the six big Englishmen

rgotten what the herdsman had told them-about keeping away from the buffaloes. The En

ed to reach the trees. But the buffaloes had come there after them! So the big Englishmen had to sta

ou what kind of an animal the buffalo is-at least, this sort of buffalo. Ev

you will be delighted to hear about it. The six Englishmen went to the palace, and l

plow any more, or do another bit of work in their lives. Why? Because Baldo and Chando had first he

lage as they pleased, and nibble at anybody's hay or grass, and sp

day it was, came and took Gulab by the hand, and brought him to the grand palace, and gave him lots an