was groaning, and, would you
believe it? as soon as the big chap heard the whistle of the hot-peanut
wagon and smelled the nuts roasting he got well all of a sudden and he ate
a bushel of the nuts and Uncle Wiggily had some also. So that's how the
elephant got well, and he and the rabbit traveled on the next day.

They had quite an adventure, too, as I shall have the pleasure of telling
you in the next story which will be about Uncle Wiggily and the crawly
snake--that is if the baby doesn't drop his bread and butter down the
stovepipe and make the rice pudding laugh.

STORY XV.

UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE CRAWLY SNAKE

"Do you feel all right to travel to-day?" asked Uncle Wiggily of the
elephant the next morning, after the hot-peanut-man had cured the big
chap.

"Oh, yes, I feel very fine!" said the elephant. "We will travel along
together again, and perhaps we may find your fortune this time."

"Hadn't we better take some extra peanuts with us, in case you become ill
again?" asked the rabbit, as he looked in the satchel to see if he had any
sandwiches, in case he got hungry.

"Oh, to be sure, we must have peanuts!" exclaimed the elephant. "Take as
many as we can carry, for I just love 'em!"

So they hunted up the hot-peanut-man, and bought all the rest of his
peanuts, besides paying for those the elephant had eaten to make himself
get well.

"Good luck to you!" cried the peanut man, as he wheeled away his empty
wagon, "I wish I had elephants for customers every day, then I would soon
get rich," and away he went singing:

"I sell peanuts good and hot,
Five cents buys you quite a lot.
Get your money and come here,
Buy my peanuts, children dear.

"My peanuts are hot and brown,
Finest ones in all the town.
Nice and juicy--good to chew,
I have some for all of you."

"Well, come on," said the elephant to Uncle Wiggily, "put some peanuts in
your valise, and I will carry the rest."

"How; in your trunk?" asked the rabbit.

"No, I'm going to wrap them up in a bundle, and tie them on my back. I
want my trunk to squirt water through when it gets hot, as I think the sun
is going to be very scorchy to-day."

So he tied the bundle of peanuts on his back, and then the two friends
journeyed on together. Well, it did get very hot, and it kept on getting
hotter, and there wasn't much shade.

"Oh my, I wish it would rain a little shower!" said Uncle Wiggily, as he
wiped his ears