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All this while Tum Tum was holding Don high in the
air in his trunk.
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"Oh, I'll be good! I'll be good!" promised Don, and with that Tum Tum lowered him gently to the ground, uncoiled his trunk from around Don's middle, and the dog ran howling to his master and the boy.

"Don, what made you bite the elephant?" asked the boy.

Don only barked gently in answer. He could not speak man or boy talk, you know, any more than an elephant could, though he understood it very well.

"I told you the elephant wouldn't hurt your dog," said the circus man. "Tum Tum is very gentle."