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The two lads after some further conversation strolled from the cook tent . `` I think I 'll go in and see how the animals are getting along , '' decided Phil , beginning to realize that he was free to go where he would and without fear of being ordered off . Already people were gathering in front of the entrance for the night performance . The doors were advertised to open at seven o'clock , so that the spectators might have plenty of time in which to view the collection of `` rare and wonderful beasts , gathered from the remote places of the earth , '' as the announcer proclaimed from the vantage point of a dry goods box . Phil bought a bag of peanuts and took them in to his friend Emperor , the beast uttering a shrill cry of joy when he saw Phil approaching . `` I 'll try to teach him my whistle , '' said the boy , puckering his lips and giving the signal that the boys of his school used in summoning each other . `` Think he 'll remember that , Mr. Kennedy ? ''