of the head. You see how the
buffaloes stand side by side, so that their horns almost touch one
another. That is the way the buffaloes have marched to the stream from
their feeding place--horn to horn. Why? Because no prowling tiger can
get past those horns.

Watch the first row as it finishes drinking; the whole row wheels
around to the side like soldiers. Then the buffaloes that have had
their drink march to the back of the herd, and stand there in a row
facing the jungle.

Meanwhile the second row in the front has stepped to the water to
drink. These also are bull buffaloes. When they finish drinking, they
also wheel, march to the back of the herd, and there stand behind the
first row. In this way four or five rows of bulls drink, one after the
other, and go to the back of the herd.

Next come about a dozen rows of _cow buffaloes_ and their calves, or
children. You see again, like the elephants, the Mammas and children
among the buffaloes are also _in the middle_, safe from all harm.

Then at the end there are four or five rows of bull buffaloes again,
to guard the Mammas and the children from enemies in the back.

_Buffalo Knights Guard the Timid Deer_

But wait a moment! Before the buffaloes go away, a most wonderful
thing happens. You have read stories, how once upon a time there were
brave knights who used to come to the help of ladies who were in
danger. Well, you will be glad to know that these bull buffaloes are
just like those brave knights. Do you see that timid little shadow
creeping in by the side of the buffaloes?

She is a _blue deer_, a very timid lady indeed; for she knows that a
tiger is waiting in the high ground behind, to catch her. It is the
last chance of the tiger to get his supper; so he waits by the high
ground behind, and watches for some weak animal like the deer to come
to drink.

But the blue deer knows that; so she hides in the bushes, and waits
for the buffaloes to come to drink. Then as the buffaloes come to the
water, row after row, horn to horn, she tries to creep in toward them;
she even tries to creep in _under_ the horns of the buffaloes, knowing
that there she will be quite safe from the tiger. It takes her a long
time to reach the buffaloes in that way, without being caught by the
tiger.

But do you see the wonderful thing? The buffaloes wait a little for
her! They take a little longer to drink, to give her a chance to reach
the water by their side. Like the brave k