did not walk like real elk. Master pvit the fawns into a stall and 

 asked me to help teach them. Our animal sign languajjje came in 

 use nicely. Oh, how timid they were! They were not used to 

 seein}]; people. 1 had an awful tinve to make thcin understand that 

 they would not he hurt anil that they would have a good home if 

 they were good. But their wild nature made them doubtful. They 

 were very fond of water. Master arranged a long chute and 

 through no other way could they get into the bath. Every day the 

 chute was raised a little higher and every day they plunged head- 

 long into the water with greatest delight. "Illxcuse me," I thought ; 

 "they can have all that fun they want." I could not imderstand 

 about their high dive until Master showed how proud he was of 

 their skill and daring as we traveled over the world to delight 

 the royalty of every nation of promience. The elk told me that 

 their diving was the greatest sport imaginable. When the elk 

 were two years old I was astonished to see shrubbery grow on top 

 of their heads, near their ears. I was alarmed. I supposed that 

 baby trees were growing into their heads and that in time the roots 

 of the trees would kill the elk. I was terribly worried until 

 JVIaster told me that the growth was antlers, used by elk for defense 

 and offense, and that it was a natural part of the elk. But when he 

 told me that these horns or antlers fell off every year and new 

 ones grew in their place, I asked him why. And do you know, he 

 has never told me why, not even to this day. Master is a very 

 busy man, as he has 

 thousands to talk to 

 every day and he 

 may have forgotten 

 my question. I asked 

 King Rex and Cuba, 

 for they are the elk I 

 am talking about, if 

 they knew why their 

 antlers grew on new 

 ever}' year, and they 

 said they guessed it 

 was "the nature of 

 the beast." 



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