He produced a battered Bible from an interior pocket.
“Yea! Jumbo’s got a Bible!”
“Razor, too, I’ll bet!”
Together the snake-charmer and the camel ascended the cheering aisle and stopped in front of Jumbo.
“Where’s yo license, camel?”
A man near by prodded Perry.
“Give him a piece of paper. Anything’ll do.”
Perry fumbled confusedly in his pocket, found a folded paper, and pushed it out through the camel’s mouth. Holding it upside down Jumbo pretended to scan it earnestly.
“Dis yeah’s a special camel’s license,” he said. “Get you ring ready, camel.”
Inside the camel Perry turned round and addressed his worse half.