e to communicate, one day. God knoo herself again.

    Notc again: quot;Mary.quot;

    t creature toucs o s trunk and spoke. as it ture spoke again, and time Mary tried o make t;Mulefa,quot; sentatively.

    Oted, quot;Mulefaquot; in o be teasing ture ; t were a fine joke.

    quot;ell, if you can laug suppose youll eat me,quot; Mary said. And from t moment, tween  nervous no more.

    And tself relaxed: to do, t roaming at random. Mary sa one of ts back, and ted to it, making it secure by tying straps around it,  and intricate movements of trunks. ood still, teral legs, and  and back legs to steer. ts were full of grace and power.

    One of to ts trunk to utter a trumpeting call. to trot toood patiently at t tures move slooucing.

    t runk; and to runk delicately to Marys mouth.

    At first s tation in tures eye, so she came forward again and opened her lips.

    ture expressed a little of t, to cure  Mary impulsively put ures , dusty runk.

    Presently trumpeted softly and to leave.

    S joy t t t t surprise as well.

    One of tures self, kneeling douring s trunk, and ting  about it: to carry o take hem.

    Anotook ened it to to put  of tures, or be could so?

    But before s out, ture o move ahem.

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    because ;