A WORD FROM HOME
Many years ago in England a circus elephant named Bozo was very popular with the public. Children especially loved to crowd around his cage and throw him peanuts. Then one day there was a sudden change in the elephant’s personality. Several times he tried to kill his keeper and when the children came near his cage he would charge toward them as if wanting to trample them to death. It was obvious he would have to be destroyed. The circus owner, a greedy and crude man, decided to stage a public execution of the animal. In this way he could sell tickets and try to recoup some of the cost of losing such a valuable property. The day came and the huge circus tent was packed, Bozo, in his cage, was in the center ring. A firing squad stood by with rifles. The manager, stood near the cage ready to give the signal to fire with out of the crowd…
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