 The tigers roared, the lions looked forward, and the man in back yelled. Paynot's lemonade, popcorn, cracker jack a prize, and each and every pack. Oh, the monkey got away, grabbed a man by his toupee. The old folks smiled, the kids went wild, and the man in back yelled. Paynot's lemonade, popcorn, cracker jack a prize, and each and every pack. Paynot's lemonade, popcorn, cracker jack a prize, and each and every pack. Come on, come on, be jolly and gay. There's lots of fun down the way midway. Hooray! Hurry, hurry, step this way. All right, young fellas, if you feel strong, pick up the hammer, hit the goal. Everybody tries it, give it a whirl. You might win candy for your girl. Hey there, Mr. Antwine at this time. All right, sunny three tries for dying. Oh gee, oh gosh, I'm glad I ate my spinach. He missed it. Enough spinach. He did it. I win, I win. Paynot's lemonade, popcorn, cracker jack a prize, and each and every pack. It made a shaky in the knees to see the man on a fine trapeze. Two little monkeys hand-in-hand dance to the music of a little clown band. I'll guess you wait, within a pound. If I fail, you win a prize, a cupid all with poof-a-wise. It's twenty pounds, according to my touch. Why, no, two twenty. Paynot's lemonade, popcorn, cracker jack a prize, and each and every pack. When the circus came to town, when the circus. It's no, Mr. Blue. Never seen it before is, it's a tiny land. It's hard to find. Just now, animal land is threatened. It's rainy season. Logs are needed to stop the rising river. There's work for everybody. Rainy season always means flood. You see, without careful planning for safety, there would soon be no animal land. In case the dikes break, food is stored at the top of the highest hill. Toast that carrot, roll that beet. If there's a flood, at least we'll eat. Drop the food here, pile it up high. Hurry, hurry. Without it, we'll die. Key the porcupine has an apple to bring. Side down, lobby the rabbit, lays in a lettuce supply. Everybody's bringing food up the hill. Come on, there's something wrong with the hill. Can't lose this lettuce. I know. There. I'll bet that hammer doesn't bring a thing. I'm ready for the flood, but why should I tell them? I suppose I'll have to bring some grain, or they'll all say I don't care. Well, I don't care about the rest of them. Better not be too generous with my reputation. Anything I bring will be a surprise. Let's see. How much shall I give? Pretty big one. I'd better make it two, though. Three. Oh, I'm a generous fool. Meanwhile, at the waterfront, Ferdy the Frog stands guard, ready to warn the rest. Rivers rising again. Better look closer. Porky the porcupine strengthens a weak place. Looks right now. To the dikes. Come on, everybody, save the dikes. Everybody pitches in. Animals tear down their houses. Anything to stop the river. Not a moment to lose. Never stops. The dike is pushed further, further. More homes torn down. If they survive, they can rebuild. Robbie the Rabbit sees something else they can use. What's coming off here? Why, my roof's coming off. First my grain, now my roof. But we need it. The river. Go away. Do you think wood like this grows on trees? Meanwhile, the rain-fed river keeps getting higher and higher. But work goes on to the last minute. They try everything. Top of the dikes. More look. The dike crumbles. The river's breaking through. Flood. Ferdy warns the rest to run to the hill. Everybody runs. Last one up the hill, Robbie the Rabbit. They're the ones who'll drown. Serve them right, too. This'll show them. Look what Hamo's doing. Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of pop. I'm the one who'll come out on top. I'll sail and sail the world around. As to the others, why, let them drown. Maybe I'll become a pine-shiver me timbers, but I'm smart. Captain Hamo. Hey, who's rocking the boat? Getting rough. Say, maybe this wasn't such a good idea. As the grain, Hamo was too selfish to share with the others. The sun. The sun. The river retreats. Land. The animals will rebuild Animal Land. Except for Hamo, everybody was saved. Because they all worked together, shared what they had. Here comes Robbie the Rabbit. This makes me mud. And, as we said, Animal Land's not so far, just tiny. Perhaps one day, you'll- Chimpanzees, we don't like to appear in movies, interferes with our everyday living. But when we was asked to put on a little show to help you human beings learn something about us, why, we just had to do it. No, sir, we couldn't say no. Them four-footed animals, they're called ponies. They ain't so bright. Otherwise, they wouldn't be letting them chimps ride them. And my fellow chimps feel a little bit ashamed of them. They're just plain beasts, they are. It takes a certain animal-like intelligence to be able to do this more brawn than brain, so to speak. Which is all modern education seems to consist of anyway. Of course, in my time, things was different. You see, the cowboy influence, inspired by them western movies, is quite the rage today. I can assure you that the chimp in his native habitat is a much more civilized critter. It's a good thing that chimp can eat standing up. You know, at times, performing here at the zoo circus, it can be a dangerous profession. As we chimps say, it's a heck of a way to make a living. They prefer the peace and quiet of the jungle. That young chimp can't seem to make up his mind. He don't know whether he wants to be a cowboy or a fireman, in spite of myself. Three chimps on a horse, hence the title. It's now four, I mean five chimps on a horse, or the tale of a horse's tale. Hope you folks don't mind if I smoke. Persistent, little fireman, isn't he? Reminds me a bit of myself when I was younger. Full of him and vitality I was. Now, who said the cavalry was dead? The chimps still keep the tradition alive, you see, even if there ain't enough ponies to go around. In a way, of course, this is an intelligence test for them, because they figured out how 11 chimps can ride on 10 ponies and still come out even. I could have solved it by arithmetic, but nobody asked me. A horse is being old fashioned, the chimps take the wheels. Obvious, so I call them. Who's going to come to a bed in, bust my breeches. Maybe that was designed for people that are too tired to walk in the sleep. Ride a bicycle when you have one wheel and no bicycle. A human wheelbarrow. Oh, excuse me, I mean a chimpanzee wheelbarrow. Eight feet taller than she. You almost made it, too. You might call this the height of a chimps existence. Of course, it makes for kind of a stilted life. I ain't so sure I approve. Nothing like keeping your feet on the ground, as my friend Charlie the centipede always says. If not very long. But don't you folks worry not. He's just as safe as he'd be back home on the top branch of a tree. If there's nothing, nothing strong in that bottle, he might get eaten higher than he is. If he was afraid he might break the bottle. If he was afraid he might break the bottle. This little demonstration might prove that subway strap hangers are a throwback to chimps. Only they wasn't thrown far enough. Chimp enough rope and he'll smoke it. Kennedy, thy name is Chimp. Beesup once said, music has charms to soothe the savage beasts. It'll be interesting to see if it works on humans. This is the monkey version of the donkey serenade. Swing on a tree or swing to music? Us chimps are right at home. Quite a figure on the dance floor myself. Regular gay blade I was.