Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 1/5, 1897

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            ebenſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3224" xml:space="preserve">Die indiſchen Tiere leiden dann große Not des Waſſers
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            wegen und ſammeln ſich maſſenhaft in der Nähe derjenigen
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            Teiche, welche das ihnen ſo notwendige Element am längſten
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            behalten. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3225" xml:space="preserve">In der Nähe eines ſolchen Teiches hatte ich einmal
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            Gelegenheit die erſtaunliche Vorſicht der Elefanten zu beob-
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            achten. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3226" xml:space="preserve">An der einen Seite des Pfuhls und hart an ſeinem
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            Ufer begann ein dichter Urwald, auf der anderen umgab ihn
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            offenes Land. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3227" xml:space="preserve">Es war eine jener prachtvollen, klaren Mond-
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            lichtnächte. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3228" xml:space="preserve">Ein gewaltiger Baum, deſſen Zweige über den
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            Teich weg hingen, bot mir ein ſicheres Unterkommen in ſeiner
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            Höhe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3229" xml:space="preserve">Endlich ſchlüpfte etwa dreihundert Schritt vom Teiche
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            entfernt ein großer Elefant aus dem dunklen Wald, ging mit
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            höchſter Vorſicht beiläufig zweihundert Schritt vor und ſtand
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            dann ſtill, um zu lauſchen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3230" xml:space="preserve">Er war ſo ruhig gekommen, daß
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            nicht das leiſeſte Geräuſch gehört werden konnte, und er blieb
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            mehrere Minuten ſtehen, bewegungslos, wie ein Felsblock.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s3231" xml:space="preserve">Dann erſt rückte er in drei Abſätzen weiter und weiter vor,
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            zwiſchen jedem Vorrücken mehrere Minuten lang anhaltend
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            und die mächtigen Ohren nach vorwärts öffnend, um auch das
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            leiſeſte Geräuſch aufzufangen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3232" xml:space="preserve">So bewegte er ſich langſam bis
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            an das Waſſerbecken. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3233" xml:space="preserve">Er dachte nicht daran ſeinen Durſt zu
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            löſchen, obgleich er dem Waſſer ſo nahe ſtand, daß ſeine ge-
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            waltige Geſtalt ſich in ihm wieder ſpiegelte. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3234" xml:space="preserve">Minutenlang
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            verweilte er lauſchend ohne ein Glied zu rühren. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3235" xml:space="preserve">Dann drehte
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            er ſich vorſichtig und leiſe um, und ging nach derſelben Stelle
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            des Waldes zurück, von woher er gekommen war. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3236" xml:space="preserve">Nach einer
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            kleinen Weile erſchien er wieder mit fünf anderen, mit denen
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            er wieder nun ebenſo vorſichtig, aber weniger lautlos als früher
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            auf das Waſſer losging. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3237" xml:space="preserve">Die fünf wurden von ihm als
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            Wächter aufgeſtellt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3238" xml:space="preserve">Er kehrte in den Wald zurück und erſchien
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            nochmals, umgeben von der ganzen Herde von etwa achtzig
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            bis hundert Stück und dieſe führte er über die Blöße mit
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            ſolcher Stille, daß ich trotz der Nähe die Tiere nur ſich </s>
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