Let me see now, said the Elephant, trying to look very wise.

She's a deep one, said the Elephant, after a moment.

The guests said the elephant appeared to be juvenile.

PTI said the elephants displayed placards during the march in the Tripura state town of Kailasahar.

The BBC says the elephants reportedly belong to a Polish circus, which was touring the region.

I can't stand their odor, said the elephant.

"Did you know?" said the Elephant, "that everything you say sounds sarcastic?"

Hospitality abused, said the Elephant.

"Hello," said the elephant in a nasally, trumpety, blocked-nose sort of voice.

He felt all over it but nowhere else, so he said the elephant was "like a fan".

"It is time for your cage to be moved," said the elephant.

"Can it be made to stand up?" said the Elephant thoughtfully.

Singh said the elephant was also believed to have killed four people in the neighboring state of Bihar before that.

"I can soon fix that part of it," said the elephant.

"Speaking of ice cream cones," said the elephant, "makes me hungry for some.

"No," said the elephant, sad-like, "I am not hurt, but I am sick.