The Jungle Baby
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[Illustration]
[Illustration]
THE
JUNGLE
BABY
by
G.E. FARROW
Illustrated by
E.M. & M.F. TAYLOR
Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd.
London . Paris . Berlin . New York .
* * * * *
[Illustration]
There was once a little white baby boy called Bab-ba, he had
bright blue eyes and golden curls, and he had a black Ayah
for his nurse. She had been with Bab-ba ever since he was
quite a tiny baby in long robes, and she was very fond of
him. Her name was Jeejee-walla, but they just called her
Ayah.
Bab-ba's Father was an English Officer in India, and they
lived in a beautiful white house on the Simla Hills, with a
big verandah running all around it. Round about the verandah
was a garden, and outside the garden the jungle stretched
for miles and miles, and in the jungle were all sorts of
beasts and birds.
[Illustration]
Little Bab-ba used to play on the verandah with his pets,
Mioux-Mioux, the cat, and Wooff-Wooff, the dog, and they
both loved him very dearly. Mioux-Mioux never scratched him
when he accidentally pulled her tail, although she felt very
much like doing so; and Wooff-Wooff used to stand on his
hind legs and perform all sorts of funny tricks to make
Bab-ba laugh.
[Illustration]
Every morning after breakfast Bab-ba threw bread crumbs out
to the little birds on the lawn, and they used to sit in the
trees and watch for him, and sing about him till he came out
of the house. "Good little Bab-ba, who gives us our food,"
one would sing; and "We all love little Bab-ba," several of
the others would reply from another part of the garden.
Mioux-Mioux used to watch them out of the corner of her
eyes, but she never attempted to catch them because she knew
that Bab-ba loved them; and Wooff-Wooff used to sit with his
head on one side and wonder however they managed with only
two legs and not four like his.
But one day when Bab-ba was feeding the birdies, the big
snake Hoodo, who lived in the garden, came creeping under
the verandah and tried to catch some of the birds while they
were eating, but Bab-ba saw him and called out!--
"Go away, bad Hoodo, go away!"
and his Ayah heard him and came running out to see what was
the matter.
[Illustration]
When she saw Hoodo, the big snake, she caught Bab-ba up in
her arms and ran with him into the house, and two of the men
servants came out with big sticks and beat Hoodo over the
head and body till he could hardly crawl away again into his
hole under a big tree in the garden.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Now Hoodo was a very wicked snake, and was very angry about
all this, and he thought and thought about it, and wondered
how he could be revenged on little Bab-ba, for he put all
that had occurred down to him, and so one day, after he had
got better he went out into the jungle to see an old friend
of his, Tig, the Tiger, and talk the matter over with him.
Hoodo thought that Tig the Tiger was as greedy and cruel as
he was himself, and so he asked him how he would like a
little white fat baby boy for his dinner, and Tig licked his
lips and said, "H'M! we shall see."
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Then Hoodo went further into the jungle and met Prowl, the
Wolf.
"How would you like a little fat white baby to eat?" asked
Hoodo; and Prowl, the Wolf, licked his lips and said, "Ha!"
and nothing else.
[Illustration]
A little further on Hoodo met Bluf, the big brown Bear, and
he asked him what he would do if he met a little fat white
baby in the jungle.
And Bluf stood up on his hind legs, hugged himself and said,
"Ough! Very nice, very nice indeed!"
And then Poon-dah, the big wild Elephant, came crushing
through the jungle, and Hoodo had to scurry out of his way,
so that he didn't get trampled upon.
"How would you like a little white ----" he screamed out,
but Poon-dah made a loud noise with his trunk and went on,
for he didn't converse with snakes.
Nevertheless, Hoodo was satisfied, for he said, "If Poon-dah
would trample on me in passing, so he would on a little
white baby if he were here;" and his wicked black beady eyes
were bright and he laughed maliciously.
[Illustration]
After this Hoodo went home to his hole under the tree in
Bab-ba's Father's garden, and watched and waited till Bab-ba
should be quite by himself; and one day when Wooff-Wooff had
gone off after a wild rabbit, and Mioux-Mioux was fast asleep
in the sun, the Ayah went into the house to fetch Bab-ba's
Noah's ark, and he was left alone on the verandah.
Then Hoodo came sliding out of his hole very quickly and
stood before the verandah, waving his head backwards and
forwards, and shooting out his little tongue, while the sun
showed all the colours of the rainbow on his smooth shiny
skin.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
"Oh, pretty Hoodo!" said Bab-ba, "but you're naughty. Go
away!"
"No," said Hoodo sweetly, "I'm not naughty, dear Bab-ba, and
I know where some such beautiful flowers grow. Come with me
and I'll show you!"
"No," said Bab-ba, shaking his head; but Hoodo continued to
look at him steadily, and presently Bab-ba slid down from
the verandah and came towards him.
Then Hoodo laughed and drew back quickly into the thick part
of the garden, with Bab-ba running after him.
When the Ayah returned to the verandah with Bab-ba's Noah's
Ark, and she saw his little empty chair and Mioux-Mioux asleep
in the sun, she grew alarmed and ran about calling Bab-ba's
name, and wringing her hands, and Bab-ba's Mother came out,
and his Father, and they and all the servants hunted about in
the garden for a very long while, but could not find any trace
of him, and Mioux-Mioux woke up and wondered what all the
commotion was about, and Wooff-Wooff came back without the
rabbit and wondered too.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Wooff-Wooff went over to where Mioux-Mioux was sitting, and
talked the matter over with her. While they were talking,
some little birds overhead called out to them to attract
their attention.
"Bab-ba," they said, "Bab-ba has followed Hoodo, the Snake,
into the jungle, and he will be lost and eaten by the wild
beasts unless he is brought back. Quick! Quick! Go after
him! Haste!"
[Illustration]
And so Wooff-Wooff ran to Bab-ba's Father and Mother and
tried to tell them.
He ran backwards and forwards towards the jungle, and barked
and tried to make them follow; but they wouldn't understand,
and so at last he had to set out himself to try and find
him.
Now after Bab-ba had followed Hoodo a little way through the
garden, the snake turned to a little path which led to a
hole broken in the wall.
"You must crawl through here," said Hoodo, "the pretty
flowers are on the other side."
So Bab-ba crawled through and found himself in the jungle.
[Illustration]
"Further on! further on!" cried Hoodo, every time Bab-ba
stopped to gather any, "there are prettier ones further on."
And so Bab-ba went on and on till he came to where Tig the
Tiger lay asleep in the long grass.
"Now's your time," whispered Hoodo in his ear, "here's the
little white baby for your dinner." And Tig sprang up with a
roar.
But Bab-ba wasn't a bit frightened, and he only laughed, and
said "what a big, big Mioux-Mioux!" And he put his arms
around Tig's neck and nestled his head in his soft fur, till
Tig forgot all about his dinner, and purred with delight
just like Mioux-Mioux did when she was pleased.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Hoodo was very angry at this, and finding that Tig was
making friends with Bab-ba instead of eating him up, he
called Bab-ba to him and said, "Come, let us be going, or we
shall be late home." And Bab-ba kissed Tig, the Tiger, and
followed Hoodo further into the jungle, till they met Prowl,
the Wolf. "Here's the little white baby," whispered Hoodo.
And Prowl said, "Ha!" and was going to spring upon him and
eat him up. But Bab-ba only laughed and said, "What a big
Wooff-Wooff!" and patted him on the head, and looked into
his eyes so that Prowl forgot all about eating him, and
licked his hands and frisked about him just as Wooff-Wooff
would have done.
"This is silly," said Hoodo angrily. "Come away, it is near to
sunset, and we must be getting home," and he led the way to
where Bluf, the big brown Bear, lived. "I've brought the
little white baby for you," said Hoodo. And Bluf said, "Ough!
very nice, very nice indeed!" And caught Bab-ba up in his arms
and hugged him.
"Just like my Ayah does!" laughed Bab-ba, and he patted
Bluf's cheeks and kissed him, so that Bluf didn't want to
eat him at all, but only to hug him and keep him warm.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Just then there was a loud trumpeting heard, and Bluf put
Bab-ba down to the ground, and Hoodo slid off into the grass,
hissing. "Now Poon-dah is coming and you will be trampled to
death. Good-bye, little Bab-ba, I hate you!"
But when Poon-dah came and saw the little white baby, he
remembered that he had not always been a wild elephant, but
had once himself belonged to a white man, and so he picked
little Bab-ba up with his trunk and placed him gently on his
back.
[Illustration]
And that's the position in which Bab-ba's Father found him,
when at last he had understood Wooff-Wooff's barking, and
had followed him into the jungle, accompanied by some native
servants armed with guns and sticks. Wooff-Wooff traced the
little boy by his scent, till they came upon him riding on
Poon-dah's back.
And now a funny thing happened, for amongst the servants was
one who had once been Poon-dah's keeper, and Poon-dah remembered
him and allowed himself to be led by him to Bab-ba's home. And
so they returned in triumph with Bab-ba and his Father on
Poon-dah's back, and good Wooff-Wooff barking and frisking by
his side.
The wicked Hoodo was justly punished, for just as he was
going into his hole under the tree, he met an old enemy of
his, Tiv, the Mongoose, and the two fought and fought for a
long while, till at last Hoodo was exhausted and stretched
himself out and died, while little Tiv sat up and rubbed his
paws together to clean them, and then skipped off to his new
little home under Bab-ba's verandah, where he still lives to
keep away any other wicked snakes from harming him.
[Illustration]
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