When Daddy Elephant came home one day he found his dear little Baby Elephant crying great big tears!
And Daddy Elephant kissed him, and said, “Why, what’s the matter with my little Baby Elephant?”
And Baby Elephant said, “Why, Daddy, I’ve worn my stockings all out, and I haven’t any more to put on.”
“Is that all?” said Daddy Elephant. “Well, come along, and we will go and see if we can find some stockings for you.”
So they went a long way, through the Jungle, until they came to Mrs. Lion’s store, and they went in.
“Good morning, Mrs. Lion,” said Daddy Elephant, very politely. “Have you some stockings that you will sell me for my little Baby Elephant?”
“Well, now, Daddy Elephant,” said Mrs. Lion, “I don’t believe I have any that would fit him; they are all so small. But if you’ll take a seat, I will ask my little Lions to make him some.”
So she called four of her little Lions, and asked them if they would make some stockings for Baby Elephant. They said they would be pleased to do it, and so they got some balls of wool and began knitting so busily with their shiny knitting needles, click, click! click, click! that pretty soon there they were, four nice long new stockings, one for each foot.