“Oh, I’m not scared of any ole elephant,” boasted William, then wonderingly after a minute’s deep thought, “white uns’ did you say?”
“Don’t tease him, dear,” said Mrs. Brown, to her husband, and to William, “white elephants, dear, are things you don’t need.”
“I know,” said William, “I know I don’t need ’em but I s’pose some people do or you wun’t be sellin’ ’em.”
With that he left the room.
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He joined his friends the Outlaws in the old barn.
“There’s goin’ to be white elephants at the Fête,” he announced carelessly, “an’ I’m goin’ to be lookin’ after them.”
“White elephants!” said Ginger, impressed, “an’ what they goin’ to do?”
“Oh, walk about an’ give people rides same as in the Zoo an’ eat buns an’ that sort of thing. I’ve gotter feed ’em.”
“Never seen white ’uns before,” said Henry.