65 Jumbo Versus the Police

Jumbo versus the police

Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children's hospital.

Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a ‘guard of honour’ of six pretty girls,

he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.

He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing.

A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic.