Chapter I: Front Matter

_Kneetime Animal Stories_

TAMBA
THE TAME TIGER

HIS MANY ADVENTURES

BY
RICHARD BARNUM

Author of “Squinty, the Comical Pig,” “Tum Tum,
the Jolly Elephant,” “Chunky, the Happy Hippo,”
“Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox,” “Nero, the
Circus Lion,” etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY
WALTER S. ROGERS_

NEW YORK
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS

KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES

By Richard Barnum

_Large 12mo. Illustrated._

SQUINTY, THE COMICAL PIG.
SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL.
MAPPO, THE MERRY MONKEY.
TUM TUM, THE JOLLY ELEPHANT.
DON, A RUNAWAY DOG.
DIDO, THE DANCING BEAR.
BLACKIE, A LOST CAT.
FLOP EAR, THE FUNNY RABBIT.
TINKLE, THE TRICK PONY.
LIGHTFOOT, THE LEAPING GOAT.
CHUNKY, THE HAPPY HIPPO.
SHARP EYES, THE SILVER FOX.
NERO, THE CIRCUS LION.
TAMBA, THE TAME TIGER.

BARSE & HOPKINS Publishers New York

Copyright, 1919,
by
Barse & Hopkins

_Tamba, the Tame Tiger_

VAIL·BALLOU COMPANY
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I TAMBA IS CROSS 7
II TAMBA’S FUNNY TRICK 17
III TAMBA PLAYS A JOKE 26
IV TAMBA IN A WRECK 34
V TAMBA IN A BARN 45
VI TAMBA MEETS TINKLE 53
VII TAMBA AND SQUINTY 65
VIII TAMBA IN THE CITY 74
IX TAMBA IN THE SUBWAY 84
X TAMBA AT THE DOCK 95
XI TAMBA ON THE SHIP 106
XII TAMBA IN THE JUNGLE 113

ILLUSTRATIONS

Tamba ran for what he thought was the doorway of
a cave _Frontispiece_

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And into his mouth it would go 22

Off slid the tiger cage 42

He dropped his basket 56

The whitewash splashed out and splattered on the
tame tiger 76

But the man was asleep and did not see the tiger 98

Tamba ran and soon he was on the Indian wharf 118

TAMBA, THE TAME TIGER