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An imaginative girl and a circus elephant fright to ride
Anastasia Ferry, four, befriends an elephant she calls googligah in the South Hanaford orchard. With neighbor George Davol, she stages a mock ride using a hammock saddle, then proclaims the elephant ready for her to ride. The animal turns out to be Zamba, the circus elephant thought drowned, prompting mixed reactions from the family as Horace rushes to see the creature.
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Zamba
Housatonic
Anastasia Ferry
Anastasia
George Davol
South Hanaford
Horace
George
New England
Pittsfield
Edna Dean
Mrs. Ferry
Mr. Ferry
Cornwall