170 WILD ANIMAL CELEBEITIES 



realistic manner that I could almost see the 

 animal and his every action as he told it. 



A few years ago among the many attrac- 

 tions in the Barnum and Bailey Circus was 

 a ' ' Singing Donkey. ' ' It was announced that 

 this donkey would sing twice a day, accompa- 

 nied by his trainer and the circus band, the 

 well-known old song, "After the Ball Is 

 Over." 'I need scarcely say that the donkey 

 did not actually sing, but he brayed heartily 

 and with the clever contrivance of the band 

 and his trainer in putting in emphasis to keep 

 time to his braying, it really went off very 

 well and was always tremendously applauded. 

 The donkey would be brought in, made to 

 bow to the audience, and after a few chords 

 from the Band the trainer would stand in 

 front of him and sing, beating time to the 

 music with his stick. 



"Af—ter the Ba— aU is 0— ver." 

 And the donkey would join in vociferously : 

 "Hee Haa—aw, Hee — Haa— aw, Hee 

 Haa— aw." 



As the trainer sang his loudest and the 



