"Did you hurt yourself, Mappo?" asked Tum Tum, the jolly elephant, who was resting, after having stood up on his hind legs. He had seen Mappo fall.
"No," answered the monkey, "I didn't hurt myself, but I don't like to fall that way. I don't like that trick."
"Never mind," spoke Tum Tum kindly. "The next time you do it, and Prince runs fast, just wrap your tail around him, as you used to wrap it around a tree limb in the big jungle. Then you won't fall."
"That's a good idea—I'll do it!" cried Mappo.
Around and around in a ring went Prince carrying Mappo. ([Page 87])
"Now we'll try it again," said the circus man. "Go a bit slower this time, Prince."
"Bow wow! I will!" barked the dog.
Once more Mappo took his place on the red blanket on the dog's back. He took the reins in his little paws, that were almost like your hands, and then, remembering what Tum Tum had said to him, Mappo wound his tail around the neck of Prince, but not so tightly as to hurt him.