Goliath Ⅱ(3)

Goliath Ⅱ　(3)

"Now stay right here where I can see you, " she warned.
" Don't you dare leave your pond. Now I mean it. "

Goliath was getting tired of being treated like a baby.

" I'm nearly eight years old, " he said.
" I'm old enough to look out for myself. "

One day when his mother easn't looking, Goliath left his footprint pond and wandered off down the elephant trail.

It was a perfect day for running away.

The jungle was sunny and warm and very, very quiet.
There was only the gentle whisper of the breeze and sound of footstepsーsoft,velvetly footsteps.
And they weren't Goliath's.

Suddenly he saw two pale yellow eyes peering through the grass.
It was old Raja !

Goliath tried to run but he tripped on his trunk and fell flat on his face.

Raja sprang into the air.But he never came down !

Something had old Raja by the tail.
It was Goliath's motherーand she was furious !

"You bloodthirsty old scoundrel ! " she screamed.

She swung him round and round like a yoyo until his head was spinning.

Then all her strength, Goliath's mother sent that old tiger flying high over the treetops, and all the way across the river to the far end of the jungle.

That was the end of old Raja.
At least the old tiger was never seen again in that part of the jungle.

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