um answered. "The front thing is my
trunk, or long nose. I breathe through it, pick up things to eat in it,
and squirt water through it."

"My! It is very useful, isn't it?" asked Don, wagging his tail.

"Indeed it is," said Tum Tum. The elephant and the dog were fast
becoming friends now, and were talking together, though the boy and his
father and the circus men did not know this.

"Then was it your trunk that you picked me up in?" asked Don, of the
elephant.

"Yes," replied Tum Tum, "and I am sorry if I frightened you."

"Oh, well, that's all right," answered Don. "I am all right now, and I
suppose I did wrong to bark at you, and bite. I am sorry."

"Then I'll excuse you," spoke Tum Tum. "But what is your name, and where
do you live?"

"My name is Don, and I live on a farm," answered the dog. "We have a
comical little pig on our farm named Squinty. Did you ever see him?"

"I think not," answered Tum Tum. "You see I haven't been in this country
very long. Did you bring the pig to the circus?"

"Gracious, no!" barked Don. "He had to stay home in the pen. But my
master, his boy and I came to see you elephants, and other circus
animals. Only I never knew what an elephant was like before."

"Well, now you know," said Tum Tum, "so you won't bark at, or bite, the
next one you see."

"Indeed I shall not," said Don. "I have to bark at Squinty, the comical
pig, once in a while, when he gets out of the pen, and once I took hold
of his ear in my teeth."

"I hope you didn't hurt him," said Tum Tum.

"No, I wouldn't do that for the world," said Don. And those of you who
have read about "Squinty, the Comical Pig," know how kind Don was to
him.

"So you came to see the circus?" went on Tum Tum to Don, as the dog's
master and his boy looked about at the strange sights.

"Yes, though I don't know exactly what a circus is," said Don.

"Well, this is the start of it," Tum Tum said. "These are our winter
quarters. Soon we shall start out on the road, and live in a tent. Then
I shall do my tricks, the children and the people will laugh and shout,
and give me popcorn balls and peanuts. Oh, yum-yum!" and Tum Tum smacked
his lips because he thought of the good things he was going to have to
eat a little later on.

"Can you do tricks?" asked Don.

"Indeed I can, a great many," the elephant said. "I can stand on my hind
feet--so!" and up he rose in the air, until his little short tail
dangled on the ground.

"Anything