How fast can an elephant walk?
The elephants come from the hot tropics where the days and even the nights are warm throughout the whole year. Their native lands are india and africa. In our cooler country, we see them only in zoos and circuses. And the jumbo we see is almost surf to be the Indian elephant. He is a little smaller and a lot more willing to take orders than his African cousin. The first time you saw an elephant, he most likely took your breath away. Your eyes popped and your mouth fell open at the sight of the whopping fellow. After a while you felt that he was a gentle giant. You watched him step slowly around the back yard of his house at the zoo. If you were lucky, you saw him perform at the circus. He did what he had to do very slowly. But this did not surprise you. No one would expect the whopping fellow to move his huge body in a hurry. Chances are your jumbo was an Indian elephant. He might tip the scales at four tons and weigh as much as eight medium size horses. If you stood on your father’s s
