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| Tom is invited to the Ball | [3] |
| ‘The Minuet was Tom’s greatest Triumph’ | [9] |
| Tom discovered in the Box | [12] |
| ‘They at last all took hold of his Tail’ | [16] |
| Terror of the Orang-outang at Saï | [17] |
| Saï has to take a Pill | [21] |
| The Cats no match for the Buzzard | [27] |
| The Buzzard carries off Hat and Wig | [28] |
| ‘Seeing such a number of Rats, he left his Horses and ran for his Life’ | [37] |
| The Rats in the Larder | [41] |
| The Baron kills the Snake | [44] |
| The Baron slays the Horned Snake | [46] |
| How the Indians make the Horned Snake disgorge his Dinner | [48] |
| The Elephant helps the Gardener | [53] |
| De Narsac recognises his Friend’s Dog | [57] |
| The Dog flies at Macaire in the presence of the King | [61] |
| The Baron kills the Bear | [75] |
| The Grizzly | [79] |
| Androcles in the Lion’s Cave | [93] |
| Androcles in the Arena | [97] |
| ‘Monsieur Dumas, may I accommodate you with my Monkey and my Parrot?’ | [107] |
| The Auvergnat and his Monkey | [111] |
| The Last of the Laidmanoirs and Mademoiselle Desgarcins | [120] |
| Dumas arrives at Stora with his Vulture | [127] |
| ‘It’s a regular Kennel’ | [131] |
| Jugurtha becomes Diogenes | [135] |
| Pritchard and the Hens | [142] |
| ‘Pritchard reappeared next moment with a Hare in his Mouth’ | [145] |
| Cartouche outwits Pyramus | [156] |
| Mademoiselle de Laistre and her Weasel | [161] |
| ‘When Day broke’ | [166] |
| The Death of the Famous Wolf of Gévaudan | [171] |
| ‘The Long Vigil’ | [187] |
| The Capture of the Cayman | [197] |
| The Wounding of Fido | [201] |
| The Dream of the Hungry Lion | [207] |
| Cagnotte comes out of his Skin | [217] |
| ‘And what do you Think she Saw’ | [221] |
| Blanche telling Ghost Stories to Jane in the Stable | [227] |
| How the Dolphins helped the Fishermen to catch the Mullets | [234] |
| Two Oran Otans | [238] |
| The Baboons who stole the Poor Man’s Dinner | [241] |
| Birds’ Nests for Dinner | [258] |
| ‘In the full enjoyment of a large lighted Log on the Dining-room Carpet’ | [261] |
| ‘Oscar would charge and rout them’ | [265] |
| ‘Oscar felt rather Frightened’ | [269] |
| ‘Oh, Oscar, Oscar, lad what have you Done?’ | [271] |
| The Boy goes to School on the Dolphin’s back | [275] |
| Dumas finds Joseph standing on Gazelle’s back | [284] |
| Dumas brings Gazelle to No. 109 Faubourg St.-Denis | [288] |
| The Lion caught in the Pit | [297] |
| The Ambush | [300] |
| ‘All Three stopped to gaze at the Man who dared to put himself in their Path’ | [303] |
| ‘And pinned Him to the Ground’ | [314] |
| ‘Long, Long Ago.’ The Elephant dreams of his Old Companions | [323] |
| The Elephant falls on his knees before the little Scotch Terrier | [327] |
| Bungey at the Spanish Ambassador’s House | [331] |
| The Hottentot noticed a huge Lion lying in the Water | [335] |
| Annoyance of the Captain on finding his Flask of Rum upset | [339] |
| Lori refuses to Share with the Signora | [349] |
| A Raven’s Funeral | [365] |
| The Tiger and his Friend | [369] |
| Love’s disgraceful Behaviour out Shooting | [377] |
| The Sole Result of his Day’s Sport | [380] |
| Mademoiselle Camargo becomes a Barometer | [381] |
| The Faithful Spaniel | [389] |
‘TOM’
AN ADVENTURE IN THE LIFE OF A BEAR IN PARIS
From Alexandre Dumas.
Some sixty years ago and more, a well-known artist named Décamps lived in Paris. He was the intimate friend of some of the first authors, artists, and scientific men of the day, and was devotedly fond of animals of all sorts. He loved to paint them, and he kept quite a small ménagerie in his studio where a bear, a monkey, a tortoise, and a frog lived (more or less) in peace and harmony together.
The bear’s name was ‘Tom,’ the monkey was called ‘Jacko I.,’[1] the frog was ‘Mademoiselle Camargo,’ and the tortoise ‘Gazelle.’
[1] To distinguish him from Jacko II., a monkey belonging to Tony Johannot, the painter.
Here follows the story of Tom, the bear.
It was the night of Shrove Tuesday in the year 1832. Tom had as yet only spent six months in Paris, but he was really one of the most attractive bears you could wish to meet.
He ran to open the door when the bell rang, he mounted guard for hours together, halberd in hand, standing on his hind legs, and he danced a minuet with infinite grace, holding a broomstick behind his head.