“Oh, no, you wouldn’t. You know you wouldn’t,” laughed Dido, the dancing bear. “Go on, Flop Ear, tell me more about yourself.”
So Flop Ear did, and the bear said he hoped the rabbit would soon find his home.
“I hope so myself,” sighed Flop Ear. “I am getting quite lonesome without my folks.”
From down the road came the sound of a horn.
“Ha! That means the circus wagons are going to start once more,” said Dido. “Good-by, Flop Ear. I am glad I met you. Give my love to Blackie, the cat, if you meet her again.”
“I will,” promised the rabbit. “Do you think, Dido,” he asked, “that I could have a look at Tum Tum, the jolly elephant. I should like to tell my brother and sister—if I ever find them again—that I had seen a real, live circus elephant.”
“See Tum Tum? Why, certainly!” said Dido. “The elephants are farther up ahead. If you run along there you’ll see them. Tum Tum is the first elephant, and the largest. Tell him I sent you.”
“I will,” said Flop Ear.
He hopped forward just as the wagons were beginning to move. Then Flop Ear saw some of the largest animals he had ever seen in his life. There were a number of them, and they were as big as the wagons in which the other animals were carried.
“These must be the elephants,” thought Flop Ear. He was so surprised at their bigness that he stood still in the road. Then, all of a sudden a voice cried right in his ear: