ry hungry for some
of the juicy, green leaves that grew on trees in his jungle.

As he could get none of those now, he had to eat dry hay, and very good
that tasted, too. He had grown to like it on board the ship.

"Bring the elephants over here!" called one circus man to another, and
Tum Tum felt himself being led along by a man who had a stick with a
hook in the end of it. But the man did not stick the hook in Tum Tum,
because Tum Tum was good and gentle now.

Tum Tum, though he had been a wild elephant in the jungle only a few
weeks before, had learned many things, since he had been caught. He had
learned that men were his friends, and would not hurt him, though they
made him do as they wanted him to, and ordered him about as though he
were a little dog instead of a big, strong elephant. The men did not
seem to be afraid of Tum Tum, though he was a little afraid of them,
especially when they carried sharp hooks, which hurt one's skin.

"Come along!" cried the man who was leading Tum Tum and the others, and
over to one side of the circus barn they went, to be chained by a leg to
a very strong stake driven into the ground.

"Feed them up well," said the first man, "and then we'll see about
putting them through some tricks."

"Ha!" thought Tum Tum. "So the tricks are to begin soon, are they? I
wonder what kind I shall do, and whether I shall like them or not?"

Tum Tum waited anxiously to see what would happen next. What did happen
was that he got something to eat, and a little treat into the bargain.

For with the big pile of hay that was given him, there were some long,
pointed yellow things.

"Ha! What are those?" asked Tum Tum of Hoy, the big, tame elephant who
had been in a circus before.

"They are carrots," said Hoy.

"Are they good to eat?" asked Tum Tum.

"Try and see," answered Hoy, with a twinkle in his little eyes. He was
eating the yellow carrots as fast as he could.

Tum Tum took one little bite, holding the carrot in his trunk. And, as
soon as he chewed on it, he knew that he liked carrots very much.

"Ha! That is certainly good!" he said to Hoy. "I wish I had carrots
every day."

"Oh, but you won't get them every day," said the old elephant. "They are
just special, to get you to feeling jolly, so you will learn your tricks
more easily."

"Well, I feel pretty jolly anyhow," said Tum Tum. "I'll do any tricks I
can."

He did not know yet all that was to happen to him, before he learned