tead of a bear,
and as soon as he saw the monkey and Uncle Wiggily he ran up to them and
shook his trunk at them and cried:

"Oh, I'm so glad to see you! I just got away from the circus, and I want
to have some fun!" and he was as kind and gentle as he could be and he and
Uncle Wiggily had quite an adventure the next day.

I'll tell you about it on the next page, when, in case the little boy
across the street doesn't tickle my pussy cat and make him sneeze the
rubbers off the umbrella plant, the story will be about Uncle Wiggily and
the big dog.

STORY XIII

UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE BIG DOG

Let's see, I left off in the last story just where the elephant came out
of the woods and shook his tail--I mean his trunk--at Uncle Wiggily and
the funny monkey, didn't I? Well, now, I'm going to tell you what happened
after that.

"Why did you run away from the circus?" asked the old gentleman rabbit of
the elephant. "I should think you would like it there. I know Sammie and
Susie Littletail would love a circus."

"Yes, some folks like it," spoke the elephant slow and thoughtful-like, as
he sat down on his trunk, "but I do not care for it. You see of late the
children ate all the peanuts, instead of giving me my share, and I just
couldn't stand it any longer. Why, it got so, finally, that when a man
would give his little boy five cents to buy a bag of peanuts for me the
little boy would eat all but two or three of the nuts, and those were all
he gave to me. It wasn't enough, so I ran away."

"I don't in the least blame you," said the monkey, "and I'm going to let
you play some of my hand organs."

Well, the elephant was delighted at that, and he played one organ with his
trunk and another one with his tail, making some very nice music.

Uncle Wiggily stayed in the monkey's house that night, and the elephant
wanted to come in also, but of course he was far too big, so he had to
sleep outside under a tree. It was an apple tree, and in the middle of the
night the elephant snored so hard and heavily through his trunk that he
shook the tree and all the apples fell off, and in the morning the monkey
made an apple pie from some of them.

"I think I had better start off on my travels again," said the old
gentleman rabbit after breakfast. "There must be a fortune for me
somewhere if I can only find it. So I'll trot along."

"I'll go with you," said the kind elephant. "Perhaps you might see your
fortune in the top of a t