"I don't know how I know," said Jerry, "but I know el'funts have little tails—like a rope."
"Have you ever been to a circus?" asked Chris.
"Not that I remember."
"Have you ever seen a el'funt?" pursued Danny.
"N-n-no, but it kind of seems as if I almost had."
"I guess you'd know if you had seen a el'funt, wouldn't you?"
"Y-y-yes," responded Jerry doubtfully.
"Then if you ain't ever been to a circus or seen a el'funt, I guess you don't know what you are talking about."
"El'funts' tails are little, like a rope," Jerry insisted.
"Like a cow's tail?" asked Celia Jane.