"Couldn't sleep, my dear? Was it the mosquitoes?" asked Mrs. Brown.
"No'm. It was an elephant," explained Bunny.
"A burglar elephant," added Sue.
"He poked his head into the tent right over our bed," went on Bunny.
"But we didn't stay," added Sue. "We came out to see if you and daddy were all right. Burglar elephants aren't nice at all."
"What in the world are they talking about?" asked Mr. Brown. "A burglar elephant? What does it mean?"
"It must have been some sound they heard outside the tent," said Mrs. Brown. "Or perhaps they dreamed something."
"No'm, we didn't dream," cried Bunny, while his sister Sue nodded her head to show that she thought as he did. "It was something as big as an elephant and it most shook the tent down."
"I felt something move the tent from the outside," said Mrs. Brown, "but I thought it was the wind."
"I'll soon see what it was!" cried Mr. Brown. "You two kiddies jump into bed with your mother, and I'll take a look outside."