"It is only a parrot," said Tony, laughing; "he can talk."
There were parrots outside too, swinging on perches, and they looked very beautiful in the sunlight.
Then Tony, Elsie, and mother went on and on and saw all kinds of animals. They had a ride on an elephant, and when it was time to get off, mother was standing with a bag of buns in her hand, and before she could speak Jumbo had put out his trunk and taken one. What a surprise she got!
Inside the elephant house was another Jumbo, and when they told him to dance he went round and round in his cage in the most comical manner. Then he opened his mouth wide for Tony to throw a bun into it.
Well, well, what heaps of things there were to see! At last Tony and Elsie came to the bears.
And there, sitting in a cage, was a lovely brown bear.
"Oh, isn't he a darling?" said Elsie.
"Yes," answered Tony. "Let us give him something to eat."
So he threw a piece of bun to him, and he caught it in his paw. Then mother said, "Sit up, then;" and greatly to their surprise the bear sat up on his hind legs and begged.