"One of the monkeys is missing," said one trainer to another. "It is Mappo, that smart one."
"Ha! Is that so?" asked the other. "How did he get loose?"
"He must have slipped out of the cage, when we were on the road. Come, we are going to try to find him."
"I know a good way," said the keeper of Tum Tum. "I shall take my elephant with me. My elephant and that monkey Mappo were good friends. If Mappo sees Tum Tum, he will be glad to come back. So we will take Tum Tum to hunt Mappo."
"Ha! That is good!" thought Tum Tum, as he listened.
Soon the hunt for Mappo began. Many of the circus men started for the woods to look for the lost monkey. Tum Tum went along also, his keeper riding on his back.
"I wonder if we will find Mappo?" thought Tum Tum.