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keeper of the elephants memory

She was called Mollie. Bought from Thailand in 1947 for/by Bullens Circus. Aged sixteen years when she died. Was it 1956 or 57? Don't know yet. Was I four turning five or five turning six? Before or after that first year of school? Same answer. The six elephants walked down Railway Row to the Showground. One put a foot in Mr Brailey's potato patch. One took an orange from Mrs Brailey's shopping bag. One ate Tutu. There's more, much more ...

2 comments:

Rod said...

Who is the unfortunate Tutu?

Martin Edmond said...

tutu is a poisonous shrub, Rod. see below.