The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One

CONTENTS

	CHAPTER			PAGE
I.	The Midnight Pool			1
		Elephants Drink First—But Down Stream	4
		How the Elephant Drinks	8
		Why the Elephant Drinks with his Trunk	9
II.	The Law of the Jungle			11
		How Buffaloes Come to Drink—In Rows	11
		Buffalo Knights Guard the Timid Deer	13
		Wild Pigs—Careless	17
		Red Dogs—Bold, Fearing Nobody	18
		Other Animals Come Alone	19
		The Law of the Jungle—Clear Water for All	21
III.	The Elephants' Bath			23
		Elephant Child Obeys Mamma—or Gets Spanked	27
		How the Elephant Child is Bathed	29
		How the Elephant Child Learns to Swim	30
IV.	Elephants: The Tricks of the Jungle			35
		Elephant Child Learns to Feed	36
		Elephant Child "Swats" Tormenting Flies	38
		Elephant Covers Back from Hot Sun	40
		How Elephants Walk under Water	41
		How Elephants Break Down or Pull Out Trees	44
V.	Elephants: The Tricky Trap			49
		The Elephant Taps Suspicious Ground with his Trunk	50
		Elephant Tricks the Tricky Trappers	56
VI.	Buffaloes: The Knights of the Jungle			61
		Buffaloes Cover Body with Mud against Flies	65
		How Buffaloes Guard against Tiger while Feeding	68
		How Buffaloes Know Danger is Coming—Three ways	71
		Buffalo Sentinels	73
		Buffaloes Make a Ring when Tiger Comes	78
		Small Animals Find Safety in Buffalo Ring	81
VII.	Taming the Buffalo			83
		Wild Buffaloes Tamed Quickly by Kindness	84
		Little Boys Take Charge of Buffaloes	87
		How the Big Buffaloes Love the Little Boys	88
VIII.	The Buffalo and the Boy			90
IX.	Deer and Antelope			102
		Horns and Antlers Different in Three Ways	105
		Elk and Other American Deer	107
		Other Kinds of Deer	112
		Barking Deer—One of the Wonders of Nature	113
X.	Deer and Antelope: Their Special Gifts			117
		Each Animal has the Gift he Needs Most	120
XI.	The Camel			126
		The Camel's Wonderful Gifts	132
XII.	The Camel and the Thief			144
XIII.	Bears			151
		The Polar Bear	153
		American Bears	157
		Other Bears	159
XIV.	Bears: The Tricky Trap			166
XV.	Bright Birds			172
		The Flamingo	174
		The Parrot	179
		The Cockatoo	180
		The Peacock	181
		The Golden Pheasant	182
		The Snowy Egret	183
XVI.	The Caged Parrot			187

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