JUNGLE JINKS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue VII, 17 August 1901, Page 335

JUNGLE JINKS.

A New Master Comes to the Jungle School.

1. Did you ever know such mischievous urchins as those Jungle School Boys? The other day Dr. Lion introduced a new assistant-master to the school—Mr. Bray, A.S.S. The boys didn't ilke the looks of him at all, and Jumbo especially made up his mind that Mr. Bray should not remain long in the school if he could help it. So, after school hours, the boys hatched a wicked plot against the new master.

2. “1 know what we'll do,” exclaimed Jumbo. “Let's go into his bedroom and make things as uncomfortable for him as we can." “ Right you are.” chortled Hippo ; “ I’ll help you to do anything that will make old Bray take himself off somewhere else.” And later that evening you might have seen them all dancing about the new master's bedroom, tilling his boots with water, sticking brushes in his bed. ami generally making things lively. Then, when everything was nicely prepared, they all hid themselves behind the furniture to see what would happen.

3. At last Mr. Bray was heard coming upstairs to dress himself, before going out for the evening. The boys all held their breath ami waited. Presently Mr. Bruy sat down on a chair to put on his new topboots. Squelch I His foot’ dived into a boot, ami the water spurted out all over him. “Well.” I’m ! 'Pon my ! Who has been doing this ?" he cried in a great rage. But the boys, who had been peeping out of their hidingplaces. dodged back out of sight, and all was silent. All the other boots were full of water, too. and at last Mr. Bray had to go out in his slippers. The boys nearly killed themselves with laughing afterwards : but the new muster did not leave next morning, and Jumbo is thinking out some new plan.