“Oh, I guess it’s the hunters!” thought Chunky, sadly.
He tried very hard, now, to get loose, but it was of no use. He was just making up his mind that he would be caught and carried off to the circus, as Tum Tum had been, when he heard a voice shout, in animal talk:
“Hello there! What’s the matter?”
Then Chunky knew who it was! It was Tum Tum, the jolly elephant!
“What’s the matter?” asked Tum Tum again, and he blew a big lot of air through his long hosey-nosey trunk, until it made a noise like a Christmas tin horn.
“Oh, is that you, Tum Tum?” asked Chunky, and he felt ever so much better—more like his happy self.
“Yes, it is I, Chunky,” answered the jolly elephant. “But what is the matter with you?”
“I’ve fallen into one of the hunter traps,” answered the hippo, “and now they’ll come and catch me and send me off to a circus as you were sent.”
“Oh, no they won’t!” laughed Tum Tum.
“Why not?”