"
"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 with his handkerchief. "I am as hot as an oven."
"I can soon fix that part of it," said the elephant. And pretty soon he
came to a spring of cold water, and he sucked a lot of it up in his hollow
trunk, and then he squirted a nice cool, fine spray of it over the rabbit,
just as if it came out of a hose with which papa waters the garden or
lawn.
"My! That feels fine!" said the rabbit. Then the elephant squirted some
water on himself, and they went on, feeling much better.
But still they were warm again in a short time, and then the elephant
said:
"I know what I am going to do. I am going to get some more ice cream
cones. They will cool us off better than anything else. I'll go for them
and bring back some big ones. You stay here in the shade, Uncle Wiggily,
but don't walk on ahead, or you may tumble into the water again.
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