The Band played and played.
The horses pranced.
The elephants walked in a long line, and all was very splendid indeed.
The Band Master said,
“To do your tricks you must not fail,
I hope you’re a dancer, Curly-Tail.”
Curly-Tail was never so proud before in his life, he danced round and round after his tight little tail, as he rode on top of the Band Wagon, and the crowd cheered, and said “What a comical little fellow.”
By and by they came to a big tent and if you guessed fourteen years you could never guess who was walking outside on the tight-rope!
It was his cousin Tangle-Tail, who was a famous tight-rope walker.
When Tangle-Tail saw Curly-Tail, he got down off the tight-rope in the twinkling of an eye and whispered something to him, then they both swung up together and walked the tight-rope together, their funny little tails curling and twisting tighter, every step of the way.