And presto chango! in a few seconds all the water was sucked out of the
lake by the elephant, and it was dry land and the rabbit could walk safely
to shore, and so he wasn't drowned after all. And how he did thank the
elephant! Uncle Wiggily ate his ice cream cone, and the elephant gave some
of his to the dog, and they were all happy.
Now, if the elephant doesn't get a sliver in his foot so he can't dance at
the hoptoads' picnic, I'll tell you in the next story about Uncle Wiggily
and the peanut man.
STORY XIV
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE PEANUT MAN
After Uncle Wiggily and the elephant and the big dog had eaten up the ice
cream cones, they sat in the woods a while and looked at the place where
the watery lake had been before the elephant drank it up to save the
rabbit from drowning.
"My, but you must be strong to take up all that water," said the dog.
"Yes, I guess I am pretty strong," said the elephant, though he was not at
all proud-like. "I will show you how I can pull up a tree," he said. So he
wound his trunk around a big tree and he gave one great, heaving pull and
up that tree came by the roots. Then, all of a sudden a voice cried:
"Oh, you're upsetting all my eggs!" and a robin, who had her nest in the
tree, fluttered around feeling very sad.
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