they
never thought of doing in the jungle.

Why, I have seen elephants fire cannon, wave flags, and play baseball.
Elephants are very wonderful, and very wise and lively, for such big
animals.

As the winter days went by, Tum Tum learned many tricks in the circus.
He learned to stand with other elephants, in a long row, and let the
acrobats jump over him, and he also let the clowns jump right on his
broad back. Tum Tum learned to do a little dance, too, but he never
danced as well as the ponies could, for Tum Tum was very heavy. Tum Tum
also learned how to walk across, and kneel down over his master, who lay
flat on the sawdust, and though Tum Tum, with his big body, came very
close to the man, he never touched him. If Tum Tum had stepped, even
with one foot, on the man, he would have hurt him very much. But Tum Tum
was careful.

One day, when spring was near at hand, and when it was nearly time for
the circus to travel on the road, from one town to another, Tum Tum was
out in front of the barn, helping push some of the big circus wagons
about. He pushed them with his strong head.

All at once Tum Tum felt something bite him on the hind leg, and he
heard a barking noise, such as monkeys sometimes make.

"Is that you, Mappo?" asked Tum Tum quickly. He could not turn around,
for he was pushing the wagon up hill.

"Bow wow! Bow wow! Bow wow!" was the barking answer, and Tum Tum felt
his legs nipped again.

"Stop that, Mappo, if you please," said the big elephant. "Please don't
do that, when I am pushing this wagon."

But Tum Tum's leg was bitten again, and he cried:

"Mappo, I shall squeeze you in my trunk, if you do not let me alone. I
like a joke as well as you do, but it is no fun to have your legs nipped
when you are pushing a heavy wagon. Stop it!"

"Bow wow! Bow wow! Bow wow!" came the answer.

"That doesn't sound exactly like Mappo," said Tum Tum. "I wonder who it
can be?"

When Tum Tum had pushed the wagon to the top of the hill, he could turn
around. Then, instead of seeing the merry little monkey, he saw a big
black and white dog, who was barking and nipping at his heels.

"Oh, ho! So it is you, eh?" asked Tum Tum. "Who are you, and what are
you biting me for?"

"My name is Don," barked the dog, "and I am biting you to drive you
away. I am afraid you might hurt my master. I never saw such an animal
as you, with two tails. Go away!" and Don barked louder than before, and
once more tried to bite