Up rode the hunters on tame elephants. Into the trap they drove the wild ones, Tum Tum and all the others.
"Alas! We are caught!" cried Mr. Boom. "Come, let us see if we cannot break through this fence!"
He rushed at it with his big head, but the fence was too strong for him.
Into the midst of the wild elephants came the tame ones, with the hunter-men on their backs. The tame elephants talked to the wild ones.
"Be quiet!" said the tame elephants. "You will not be hurt! See us! We were once like you, but we were caught and we like it. Be quiet!"
Some of the elephants quieted down, but others rushed about, trying to break through the fence. Tum Tum was one of these. Then, all at once two tame elephants, with men on their backs, rushed at Tum Tum. Chains and ropes were thrown over his back, and around his legs. The chains and ropes were pulled tight.
Tum Tum was caught in the trap.