"
So the dog said he would, and he started off to meet Percival, who used to
work in the same circus where the elephant came from. And the rabbit and
the elephant hurried off together down the road.
"Are you ever going back to the circus?" asked Uncle Wiggily of the
elephant as they went along.
"Not unless they catch me and make me go," he answered. "I like this sort
of life much better, and besides, no one gave me ice cream cones in the
circus."
Well, pretty soon the rabbit and the elephant came to a place where there
was a high mountain.
"Oh, we'll never get up that," said Uncle Wiggily.
"Yes, we will," said the elephant, "I'll make a hole through it with my
tusks, and we can walk under it instead of climbing over."
So with his long, sharp tusks he made a tunnel right through the mountain,
and, though it was a bit darkish, he and the rabbit went through it as
easily as a mouse can nibble a bit of cheese.
[Illustration]
Then, a little later they came to a place where there was a big river
to cross, and there was no bridge.
"Oh, we can never get over that," said Uncle Wiggily.
"Yes, we can," said the elephant.
"Are you going to drink it up as you did the lake?" asked the rabbit.
"No," said the elephant, "but I will make a bridge to go over the river.
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