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A seen that sticks with me is a terrifying one: I suppose that is why it has stayed with me for so long. The scene is when Boxer the horse. One afternoon, a van comes to take Boxer away. It has “lettering on its side and a sly-looking man in a low-crowned bowler hat sitting on the driver’s seat.” The hopeful animals wish Boxer goodbye, but Benjamin breaks their revelry by reading the lettering on the side of the van: “Alfred Simmons, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone-Meal. Kennels Supplied” (123). The animals panic and try to get Boxer to escape. He tries to get out of the van, but he has grown too weak to break the door. The animals try to appeal to the horses drawing the van, but they do not understand the situation. When Boxer realizes what is going on, it is too late. That was such a betrayal of the most loyal and useful animal on the farm.
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The most important characteristic of a good detective is if they are observational or not, they won't every solve any case if they don't keep their eyes wide open, and observe.
I say "a circus elephant" because the information in the text clearly describe "a circus elephant."