And, finally, there is “hearsay”-that which people tell you is factual. Next comes research and documented proof which may-or may not-be true. When writers attempt to write a story based on the truth, they must first take all that they themselves have seen and know it to be a fact.

Move Up, Mo!… Acknowledgments About the Author Other Books by Ralph Helfer Cover Copyright About the Publisher “MO IS LOSING HER SIGHT IN THE OTHER EYE, Bram. “THEY HAVE ANIMAL RENTAL COMPANIES HERE,” said Gertie.

“I’M SELLING MO.” AN ANIMAL COMPANY called Gentle Jungle Exotic Animal Rental had… The mountains on… BRAM NEVER DID GET OVER CURPO’S DEATH. THE LINES AT THE TICKET BOOTH stretched down the block…ģ5 MO DIDN’T FEEL WELL. Modoc and the other elephants that…ģ3 SHE WAS THE BIGGEST FROM THE START. Eight had been outfitted with machine…īRAM’S MIND AWOKE long before his body, to a slow-turning… The early morning sun…īRAM AND SIAN WERE TO BE MARRIED! It said so…ģ0 THIRTY-FOUR ELEPHANTS STOOD READY. THAT NIGHT BRAM LAY AWAKE his thoughts were of Gertie.…Ģ7 A NOTICE IN THE VILLAGE said that Kalli Gooma would…īRAM AWOKE TO A LOUD COMMOTION. THE LIGHT OF THE FULL MOON moved through the trees…ĪS THE WEEKS WENT BY Bram and Mo lived wherever…Ģ4 A HUNDRED YARDS DOWNSTREAM Bram found a place where the…įOR A MONTH HE PRESSED ON, rarely stopping except to… THE SUN BROKE INTO DAYLIGHT like an egg being cracked… “WAKE UP! WAKE UP, SIR” A FEW DAYS HAD PASSED when a small Indian man…īRAM AWAKENED IN A BASKET CHAIR, hung from the high… The fog thinned, and in places had… “I’M SORRY, but the doctor left strict orders that the… Winds…ġ4 BRAM TOOK A MOMENT to gaze around the hold.

NEWS ARRIVED FROM THE PORT that The Ghanjee from India…ġ1 THE JOURNEY FOR BRAM was one of wonderment and danger.…ġ2 “WHAT IN THE HELL do you think you’re doing!” The…ġ3 THE WEATHER HAD TAKEN a turn for the worse. “NOW YOU KIDS BE CAREFUL and I don’t want you… WHEN BRAM ARRIVED at the circus grounds it looked as… TRUCKS, SKIPLOADERS, AND ROUSTABOUTS were busy moving circus equipment and… THE SIDESHOW, which many patrons considered a “freak show,” featured… ON A GRAY, FOGGY MORNING THEY CAME, rising on the… “MORNING, HERR GOBEL.”ģ DURING THE SLOW SEASON CURPO was allowed to take care… 4 5 The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

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