ant, who had been sent to make the voyage in the ship, so that he
might keep the new, wild elephants quiet, shut his eyes as he thought of
the circus days.

"Is there other hard work?" asked Tum Tum.

"A great deal," said Hoy. "You will have to push heavy wagons about with
your head, and lift heavy poles, as you did in the lumber yard when you
came from the jungle. And then you will have to do tricks in the circus
ring."

"What are tricks?" asked Tum Tum.

"Tricks are what I call hard work, but they make the people in the
circus laugh," answered Hoy. "You will have to stand on your head, turn
somersaults and do many things like that."

"Now tell me about the fun," begged Tum Tum.

"Yes, there is some fun," spoke Hoy, slowly. "You will get nice hay to
eat, and water to drink, and the children in the circus will give you
popcorn balls and peanuts to eat. Also, you will wear a fine blanket,
all gold and spangles, when you march around the ring in the tent. But
now I am tired, and I want to go to sleep."

So the old elephant slept, and Tum Tum stood there, swaying backward and
forward in the ship, wondering whether he would like a circus.

It took several weeks for the ship to make the journey from jungle land
to circus land, and, during that period, Mappo, the merry monkey, came
down to see Tum Tum several times.

"I am going to be in the circus, also," said Mappo, when one day Tum
Tum spoke of the big show under the white tent.

"Are you?" asked the jolly elephant. "That will be nice. We'll see each
other."

"And will you take care of me, so the tiger won't get me?" asked Mappo.

"Indeed I shall!" cried Tum Tum through his big trunk.

At last the day came when the ship reached her dock, and the animals
were taken out. The chains were loosed from the legs of Tum Tum and the
other elephants, and they were hoisted up from the lower part of the
ship, and allowed to go ashore. Tum Tum was glad of it, for he was tired
of the water. But his journey was not over, for, with the others, he was
put in a railroad car, and hauled by an engine. At last, however, he
reached a big wooden building, and the old elephant, Hoy, said:

"This is where the circus stays in winter. Now you will begin to have
hard work, and also fun."

"Well," thought Tum Tum, as, with the other elephants, he marched toward
the big barn-like building, "if there is enough fun, I shall not mind
the hard work."

Then, as he felt rather jolly, afte