"Jinks never was so happy as when he was leading his pack"
"Jock had never seen anything like it before"
"Tera sprang at the nearest calf, bringing him to the ground"
"Osra and his wives took up the chickens one by one, and swallowed them whole"
"Furious with rage, Brunie rose up and went to meet them"
"Mona did his best to attract the parrot's attention"
RATAPLAN, ROGUE
In one of the thick, shady and tangled forests of Ceylon a fine, fully-grown elephant was one day standing moodily by himself. His huge form showed high above the tangled brushwood, but his wide, flat feet and large, pillar-like legs were hidden in the thick undergrowth.
He was not standing still, however—for no elephant has ever been known to do that yet—his massive, elongated head, with its wide, flat ears, its long, snake-like, flexible trunk, its magnificent pair of ivory tusks and its ridiculous, little eyes moved gravely to and fro— up and down—in a wearied but restless manner.
Every now and then he would lift one of his massive legs and put it down again, or sway his whole body from side to side, or throw his trunk up in the air and then wave it round his head and over his back in all directions.