Jerry of the circus. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. I'll say she is I remember many is the time I've seen her pull us out of a bad spot Where like I gotta get busy I'm gonna watch him take down this can I may as well watch to won't eat Gertie for a while Come on Jerry. Let's go on the outside. Let's all be floating down pretty soon. Yeah, I know Come on Gertie. Come on. We'll take you out near these wings They're loading with the stakes and the ropes and the canvas. All right, come on Look we can sit right here on this Bela. Hey, that's a spot as any it'll keep pretty occupied while we're waiting What's the matter there good Look how she's looking around Good take it easy. Well, she's going for the hay. Yes. It's not so bad Hey, look, you're about ready to let the menagerie top down Sure enough. They are oh there goes that guy Zeke never liked him where see over there by the first pole Just run in from back of these wagons. Oh, yeah Say isn't he the fellow that almost got killed by one of your elephants. Yep. Yeah, it was good I remember we was at the runs loading or unloading golly. I'll never forget it. I was scared to death Yeah, I guess he was too. He had it coming though. Someone said he was always teasing her Yeah, and he was I hope he's learned his lesson by now started out just clowning I think and then somehow he seemed to get a real grudge against Gertie imagine getting a grudge against an elephant Yeah, Jerry folks are funny. He will occurs there about ready to let her down. Oh, I'm an injury top Sure enough one minute. We're talking about elephants and the next Say isn't that pretty though the way that canvas floats down Hey, hey there goody goody what's wrong there? Oh now be quiet there Goody now you'll have plenty to do pretty soon imagine asking for more work Seems to me you're always looking out for something more to do Jerry. Oh, well me that that's different. Oh, no, it ain't Bulls get restless to they work just like an army don't they see they got the canvas all in lace now They're pulling it up. Yep. Nothing in this world is organized better in the circus. Yeah, they can roll it Well, I got to if they want to get it in this wagon Imagine pulling that big thing up big enough for a lot of animals and people to be in then putting it all in these little wagons They're not so little and they're plenty heavy when they're loaded Yeah, I know takes 16 horses to pull them and they pull hard to cuz I watched them Yeah, you can see by their muscles that they're pulling their level best all of them Oh circus animals always do their share guess you got room for lazy animals or people either He's got her eye on see see he's just putting that load in the wagon Golly, look at her trunk and ears flaccid. He's mad sure enough. Say Z. Yeah You've been fooling around these elephants again Do you think I am a fool She's no killer but I'm warning you she's not taking anything from you so you better watch your step she sure mean isn't yeah Funny dirty should have got upset sure nervy tonight. Zeke was acting kind of scared of her Well, he'd better not to be up any more of his tricks or we'll have plenty more trouble on our hands Funny how you can make elephants work so easy But I suppose they get out of control now then well when an animal sick or hurt or scared It doesn't stop to think just follows its instincts Which is usually pretty dangerous for folks who don't know how to handle them. I'll tell you Okay, Murray, she always up get the wagon started Oh not on a fast lot You see this grounds kind of sandy once Gertie gets this wagon started the horses can keep it moving if they don't get into a bad Spot I see well come on dirty old girl get a moving all right now here you are all right now push And a girl keep a moving hey get them horses started Golly she's strong in a truck seems like a goodie goodie girl take it easy there the way going over the count She's gone bad You keep out of this Zeke you bet I tell you she's bad. I almost got killed by that wagon Well, you're still alive. He just a minute now something's funny here Zeke Have you been doing anything around here if you have I'll bring out a few blow, huh? Don't say I'll lay the blame on me that's not a bad idea Bulls worth more roughneck any day you guys quit scrapping we got to get this wagon thing I ain't gonna work around that blow to me either Okay, also move Gertie over there when we need her We'll get these softies out of the way and let Gertie work come on fellas get busy He's when you get on our net something awful funny here, and you'll bet your last bottom dollar. I'm going to find out what happened Oh hello Jerry Where have you been come on over here? I want to talk to you Yeah, okay. Come on Gertie Look at what I found well, what about it looks like a rope to me? Yeah, I caught Zeke with a knife Oh when where well you know when the wagon turned over yeah well He was on that other side almost got crushed. I guess Murray yell just in time well Then when it got settled he run back and was following this rope When he heard me coming I saw him take out his knife and cut it quick Where's the rest of it run under that wagon? What about this? Don't pull this role? No, but follow it see where it leads you to Buy gum well, what do you know it why it's attached to Gertie? Yeah to her tail Isn't that kind of funny say it is let's see oh there now Gertie take it easy can I help yeah? Here's my flashlight. I want to see Yep, it's tied to her tail all right Jerry climb up on this box. That's right Gertie get a little closer to these boxes There I'll stand by her here. You think you can get that rope off all right sure oh Oh, hey, what happened? I cut myself cut yourself. What on hey get that light over here more Jim money will occur no no no it's barbed wire it's Barbed wire it's barbed wire so that's what happened Jiminy I don't see how on earth he could have done it. What what are you talking about Jerry hand me your knife will you? Sure just a minute All right here it is thanks There now I got that rope cut Oh Lucky we didn't pull us ourselves might have gotten killed hey get down from that box Jerry Get down from that box Jerry. I want to see what this is all about look. It's just as simple here help me down All right, give me your hand. I'll show you There you see that nasty piece of barbed wire yeah, I see it that was right on Gertie's tail now You see there was a piece of rope tied to both ends of this wire. It looks like a slip knot on this end It was now you see how it was done. I'll be darned if it makes sense yet look Someone made a big loop with this rope then lassoed Gertie's tail and then as soon as he got it around her tail He pulled her up tight and then the minute it was tight the wire cutter you see yeah, I see No one could have done such a thing except Zeke listen I'm gonna get that guy if it's the last thing I do Trying to make it seem like Gertie's gone bad, but why would he do that? Why so she'd get shot of course mean they'd kill her why yes? They'd have to if she killed anyone or if it looked as if she was dangerous But that's awful. You bet it is Jerry. What you gonna do well now? I'm not right sure yet It'd be awful hard to make anyone believe our story We you know we didn't actually see Zeke do it. I saw him cut the rope Yes, and I'm darn certain that he did do it too, but I have to have more proof But you can bet that I'll keep my eyes peeled from now on what you doing with that wire Well, I'm just gonna keep it just in case hey, you think that bull's safe. I know darn well She's safe, okay bring over we need a lift. I'm gonna stay around that bush. He's a killer. Yes Well Zeke what makes you think she's a killer well? Didn't she just try to kill us all by pushing out wagon over yeah? Well you listen here this bull's been working for me for 10 years I ain't never had no trouble with her till you came on this lot and began pestin her with your fool idea of a joke You can't blame this on me. Oh can't I though I smell a rat and I'm not gonna lose the best bull and the best elephant Friend I ever had just because I'm easily rough neck. You guys stop scrapping. We've been held up long enough We got to get these wagons over to the runs before the crowd comes out okay, Murray But let me tell you Zeke. This is the last time you're gonna get away with anything So So So You