[00:01.120]--- Lesson 65 Jumbo versus the police
[00:08.280]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:14.000]--- Why did the police have to push Jumbo off the main street?
[00:22.240]Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children's hospital.
[00:31.880]Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a 'guard of honour' of six pretty girls,
[00:39.640]he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
[00:46.840]He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing.
[00:52.760]A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic.
[01:03.200]Though Jimmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move.
[01:09.680]Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street.^15
[01:16.480]The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused.
[01:22.600]'Jumbo must weigh a few tons,' said a policeman afterwards,^“
[01:28.480]'so it was fortunate that we didn't have to carry him.^“
[01:32.480]Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.'
[01:41.680]--- end