"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.
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