Listen , too , you my lords in the lines there , for I , Machua Appa , am speaking ! This little one shall no more be called Little Toomai , but Toomai of the Elephants , as his great-grandfather was called before him . What never man has seen he has seen through the long night , and the favor of the elephant-folk and of the Gods of the Jungles is with him . He shall become a great tracker . He shall become greater than I , even I , Machua Appa ! He shall follow the new trail , and the stale trail , and the mixed trail , with a clear eye ! He shall take no harm in the Keddah when he runs under their bellies to rope the wild tuskers ; and if he slips before the feet of the charging bull elephant , the bull elephant shall know who he is and shall not crush him . Aihai ! my lords in the chains , '' -- he whirled up the line of pickets -- `` here is the little one that has seen your dances in your hidden places , -- the sight that never man saw ! Give him honor , my lords ! Salaam karo , my children . Make your salute to Toomai of the Elephants ! Gunga Pershad , ahaa ! Hira Guj , Birchi Guj , Kuttar Guj , ahaa ! Pudmini , -- thou hast seen him at the dance , and thou too , Kala Nag , my pearl among elephants ! -- ahaa ! Together ! To Toomai of the Elephants . Barrao ! '' And at that last wild yell the whole line flung up their trunks till the tips touched their foreheads , and broke out into the full salute -- the crashing trumpet-peal that only the Viceroy of India hears , the Salaamut of the Keddah .
But it was all for the sake of Little Toomai , who had seen what never man had seen before -- the dance of the elephants at night and alone XXXXX the heart of the Garo hills !
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