He said that anybody but a near-sighted fool could see that there was nothing in the hole but an elephant.
MORAL, BY THE CAT You can find in a text whatever you bring, if you will stand between it and the mirror of your imagination.

You may not see your ears, but they will be there.
HUNTING THE DECEITFUL TURKEY When I was a boy my uncle and his big boys hunted with the rifle, the youngest boy Fred and I with a shotgun--a small single-barrelled shotgun which was properly suited to our size and strength; it was not much heavier than a broom.

We carried it turn about, half an hour at a time.
I was not able to hit anything with it, but I liked to try.

Fred and I hunted feathered small game, the others hunted deer, squirrels, wild turkeys, and such things.

My uncle and the big boys were good shots.
They killed hawks and wild geese and such like on the wing; and they didn't wound or kill squirrels, they stunned them.