That night when the show was over, and he stood in a row with the other elephants going to sleep, he thought again of what he saw in that open door, and laughed once more. “That must have been fun!” he said to himself. “It must be fun to be a little boy! That trick was funnier than any we circus elephants are taught to do. I wouldn’t mind being a little boy myself! I truly wouldn’t!”
And then the jolly young elephant went to sleep, and dreamed he could do the little boy’s trick—and really he never enjoyed a dream so much before in all his life.
George Dutton.
The Lions
(Marching Plays for Nursery and Kindergarten.)
Heads drooped, eyes closed, hands on knees.
March forward slowly in line, diverging.
March down to the end of the room, heads held high. Sing with emphasis.
(Teacher sings.)
The lions shun the sun!