CHAPTER XII
FLOP EAR GETS HOME AGAIN
“What are you doing in these woods?” asked Mappo of Flop Ear, as soon as the merry monkey had seated himself on a soft cushion of green moss at the foot of the tree.
“I am hopping through them, trying to find my lost home,” answered Flop Ear. “I live in woods like these, but not in this part. I am lost. What are you doing here?”
“Well, I’m staying here for a while,” answered Mappo. “Years ago, when I was a little fellow, I used to live in the woods, but not here. In my country it was very warm. It was what is called a jungle.”
“Tum Tum, the jolly elephant, lived in a jungle,” said Flop Ear.
“What! do you know about Tum Tum?” asked Mappo in surprise.
“Oh, I have met him,” the rabbit replied. “I was near the circus, where he was, and Dido, the dancing bear; and Tum Tum saved my life.”
Then Flop Ear told how the elephant lifted him up in his trunk, and pulled him out from under the circus wagon wheel.
“But you spoke of Tum Tum as though you knew him,” said Flop Ear to the merry monkey. “How did that happen?”