Goo-Goo was also very thirsty.
So Duncan invited him to come inside.
He refused. Not even a whole bottle of his favourite sherry would have tempted him to cross the threshold of the fort, because--as he explained through Carrambo--"plenty much debbil lib (live) in one hole below de floor".
But he made very small work of a nut-shell of goo-goo that Duncan presented to him with his own hand.
Then he explained why he had come. It was to offer to our heroes the two tame elephants that had been captured in battle.
Duncan nodded to his fellows, and the gift was accepted unconditionally, and that very day the great wise beasts were taken over.
A huge compound was erected for them in a bit of jungle not far off; the king's men building it with their own hands.
Moreover, two men were told off to feed and care for the noble brutes, who soon became very great pets indeed, with all hands.
The larger of the two might well have been called immense or colossal. He seemed especially fond of Frank, and there wasn't a titbit Frank could think of that he did not bring to Ju-ju of a morning.
Ju-ju was certainly grateful. He had one very curious method of showing his gratitude, namely, by encircling the boy with his trunk and swaying him up and down, and to and fro.