ller than a tall man; and it has horns that reach
out more than a yard from each side of the head. This huge animal
could charge and smash up a big wagon as easily as if it were a match
box; and yet he will stand still and let his tail be twisted by any
little tot in the village.

Sometimes you may see a sight like this: A huge buffalo is grazing
hungrily, and a little boy comes up and stands right in front of him.

"Put up your head!" says the boy. But the buffalo goes on feeding
hungrily.

"Put up your head, or I will spank you!" says the boy. But the buffalo
still goes on feeding hungrily.

Then that tot raises his small hand and spanks the huge buffalo on the
jaw. The buffalo puts up his head, and rubs his nose lovingly against
the boy.

Well, why not? You have seen a baby pulling his Papa's hair. The Papa
just loves the baby all the more for it. So it is with the buffalo and
the little tot. And it would not matter a bit whether the tot were a
little boy or a little girl. The big buffalo is fond of both.

And now I shall tell you a wonderful true story about a buffalo and a
boy.

CHAPTER VIII

The Buffalo and the Boy

In a village there were many tame buffaloes, and among them thirty
bull buffaloes. The little boys of the village took charge of them
every day. The smartest boy among them was called Gulab. He was six
years of age.

Gulab knew quite well each of the thirty bull buffaloes, and was a
friend of each. Sometimes he alone had charge of them, and took them
out to graze and to wallow. That was because his father was the
herdsman.

The buffaloes loved Gulab, and they did exactly as he told them to do.
When he was going to take them to the fields, he would just stamp his
little bare foot and call out to them "Stand in rows!" And the huge
animals would stand in rows, one line behind another.

Then Gulab would come around to the side, and see if each line was
straight. If the line was not quite straight, and a buffalo happened
to be standing too much this way or that, Gulab would walk up to the
buffalo and spank him on the jaw. Then the buffalo would move into
line, exactly as Gulab wanted him to do. Or, if a buffalo happened to
be standing too far behind, Gulab would come around to the back and
twist the buffalo's tail, and the buffalo would move up into line.

Then, when the whole herd was in the right order, Gulab would come to
the front of the herd, and walk up to the biggest bull.