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watching a small herd of elephants, cows and calves, which 
were in the open, when he saw them begin to grow uneasy. 
Then, with a shrill trumpet, a cow approached a bush, out 
of which bounded a big lion. Instantly all the cows charged 
him, and he fled as fast as his legs would carry him for the 
forest, two hundred yards distant. He just managed to 
reach the cover in safety; and then the infuriated cows, in 
their anger at his escape, demolished the forest for several 
rods in every direction. 
