The worthy fellow bounced from the elephant's neck to his rump, and vaulted like a clown on a spring-board; yet he laughed in the midst of his bouncing, and from time to time took a piece of sugar out of his pocket, and inserted it in Kiouni's trunk, who received it without in the least slackening his regular trot.
El buen muchacho, ora despedido hacia el cuello del elefante, ora hacia las ancas, daba volteretas como un clown sobre el trampolín; pero en medio de sus saltos de carpa se reía y bromeaba, sacando de vez en cuando un terrón de azúcar, que el inteligente Kiouni tomaba con la trompa, sin interrumpir un solo instante su trote regular.