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with a plaything of two-furrow capacity, so, having demonstrated her 
capabilities at the plough, the director determined to get a three-furrow 
one and invite a number of farmers, who were then in Melbourne for 
the Eoyal Agricultural Show, to come and watch her draw it. 
When all was ready, Queenie was set going, and she went at first 
as good-naturedly as she had done the previous day. But it was quickly 
seen that it was a very thoughtful elephant that ambled slowly down the 
first furrow. She was even more deep in thought as she came up the 
paddock again, but those who knew her best saw no cause for alarm; 
Before the speeding-up. 
she was merely meditating, in her own intelligent way, what was the 
cause of the added difficulty of towing the implement chained to her. 
She set off obediently at the word of command on her third essay, but 
she was now quite lost in thought and oblivious of all around her. After 
she had walked a dozen yards or so, she abruptly came to a full stop. 
She looked back curiously at the plough, as if asking it what it was that 
had so altered the conditions of partnership. An examination of the 
thing soon proved to her that there was an additional furrow upon it 
— she had inspected the first one too minutely to be mistaken about that 
fact. When she was convinced of the trick that had been played upon 
