ood-by, elephant!" called the little boy, also waving his hand. "I'll
see you in the circus," he added.

Tum Tum waved his trunk. He was too busy chewing popcorn and peanuts to
speak, even if he could have talked boy and girl language, which he
could not.

Later on, in the show, Tum Tum, as he went through his tricks, saw the
little boy and girl sitting near the ring, with their papa, watching
the animals and performers.

Two or three days after that something else happened to Tum Tum, and it
made him very happy.

He was in the tent, after the show, eating his hay, and blowing dust
over his back now and then to keep away the flies and mosquitoes, when,
all of a sudden, in came a monkey. Tum Tum gave one look at the monkey,
and then another look.

"Why--why!" cried Tum Tum, in elephant language. "That looks like
Mappo."

"I am Mappo!" cried the little chap. "Oh, don't let him get me!"

"Let who get you?" cried Tum Tum. "What is the matter?" for Mappo looked
very frightened.

"The hand-organ man is after me!" chattered Mappo, and with that he gave
a jump, and landed right upon Tum Tum's broad back.

"Don't be afraid," said the elephant. "No one will get you while I am
here, Mappo," and Tum Tum swung his long trunk.

Then in came the hand-organ man after the monkey, just as I have told
you he did in the book about Mappo. But the circus men and Tum Tum would
not let Mappo go. And Tum Tum looked so big and fierce and strong that
the hand-organ man was afraid to try to take Mappo away.

So that is how Mappo came back to the circus again, after having had
many adventures. He told Tum Tum all about them.

"Are you going to run away again?" asked Tum Tum.

"No, I guess not," answered Mappo, hanging by his tail.

Tum Tum was glad Mappo had come back, for the big elephant was lonesome
for his little friend, and I guess Mappo was also lonesome for Tum Tum.
At any rate, the two were soon as good friends as before.

The show went on from town to town, and it was nearing the time for the
circus season to be over. Then the animals would be taken back to the
big barn, there to stay all winter, until spring and summer should come
again.

One day a bad man came into the tent where the elephants were standing,
eating their hay, and held out something in his hand. Tum Tum, and the
other elephants, stretched out their trunks, for it seemed as if the man
had something good for them to eat. And Tum Tum, being the nearest,