"Pooh!" cried Rose, in a voice she tried to make sound brave. "There aren't any bears in these woods. Grandma Bell said so."
"Well, anyhow, it was a—a something!" said Mun Bun. "It came up out of the water and it made a big splash."
"It splashed water on me," said Margy.
"What did you think it was?" asked Vi.
"Maybe—maybe a—a elephant," replied the little girl. "It had a big long tail, anyhow."
"Then it couldn't be a elephant," declared Rose.
"Why not?" Vi wanted to know.
"Because elephants have little, short tails. I saw 'em in the circus."
"But they have something long, don't they?" Vi went on.
"That's their trunk," explained Rose. "But it isn't like the trunk we put our things in. Elephants only put peanuts in their trunks."