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Coco was rather excitable, at last suggested 

 that he should be killed; he had caused so 

 much trouble already it was unwise to risk 

 anything more. For a time it seemed as though 

 Coco was doomed, but his trainer was devoted 

 to him and explained that lately it had not had 

 anything to do with Coco but simply a series 

 of accidents ; eventually the proprietor gave in 

 and Coco's life was spared. 



And so Coco is still alive, still full of mis- 

 chief, restless and fidgetty, but always af- 

 fectionate, and ready for strangers and pea- 

 nuts or anything else which comes in his way. 

 His troubles have not damped his spirits or 

 altered him in any way and only last spring, 

 when I was talking to his trainer, Coco caught 

 hold of the tail of Mr. Mooney's dog with his 

 trunk and pulled it! I don't think the dog 

 was hurt a bit, but he gave a frightened 

 squeak, and I noticed that he was particularly 

 careful not to go near Coco again. 



In the Clifton Zoological Gardens, in Bris- 

 tol, England, there is an elephant, Zebi, who 

 is the oldest inhabitant there and is consid- 



