“Well, he went away, and, for a long time we did not see him.”
“Yes,” said the other monkeys. “That’s so!”
“Well, he was caught and sent to a circus, and that is where Tum Tum was, only he’s out now. Maybe you’ll go to a circus, Chunky,” said the monkey.
“Maybe,” agreed the happy hippo, who smiled again. “I guess it won’t be so bad. Tum Tum was telling me about it. Yes, I think I would like to go to a circus.”
“Tum Tum said Mappo liked it,” put in another monkey, with a queer twist to his tail. “Mappo did tricks, and he had a lot of adventures and had a book written about him.”
“Do you know what that is like?” asked Chunky. “I heard Tum Tum speak of adventures and a book.”
“No, I don’t know,” was the answer. “I never heard of a book except from Tum Tum, and I don’t believe he really knows what it is.”
“Well, perhaps if I go to a circus I shall find out,” went on Chunky.
“Do you want us to go and get Tum Tum, and have him break your cage with his big feet and strong trunk, so you can get out?” asked a white-whiskered monkey.