{"id":1741,"date":"2012-10-19T21:41:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T21:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2012-10-19T21:41:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T21:41:06","slug":"a-noble-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/?p=1741","title":{"rendered":"A Noble Elephant."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"39c6668e916543b4a7bf784d6ba1971d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2182508389013555\";\r\n\/* Med-Banner *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5485677463\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>     &#8220;That half reasoning brute,&#8221; as he is somewhat disparingly characterized, was on board the Royal Jar steamboat, and when the flames approached him, jumped overboard, and swam two miles to a neighboring Island, where he comfortably and quietly installed himself in a barn. He was followed by a little pony also belonging to the Menagerie. It is said in the letter to the Express, whence we derive these facts, that the Elephant, after being in the water, &#8220;made a sign with his trunk, to his keeper to come to him.&#8221; We can readily believe it. Unfortunately it was not heeded, and the man, after securing round his person several hundred dollars, finally sprang into the water, and was seen no more-the faithful elephant would have saved him.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That half reasoning brute,&#8221; as he is somewhat disparingly characterized, was on board the Royal Jar steamboat, and when the flames approached him, jumped overboard, and swam two miles to a neighboring Island, where he comfortably and quietly installed himself in a barn. He was followed by a little pony also belonging to the Menagerie. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[189],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}