"Well, I guess it's no use hunting for him any more," said one of the circus men. "That monkey has gotten far away. We had better go back to the tents."
"Yes, I think we had," said the man who was riding on the back of Tum Tum.
The elephant knew that Mappo was not so very far off, but Tum Tum had no way of telling his keeper about it.
Back to the circus went Tum Tum, and another monkey had to do the tricks that Mappo used to do in the performances that day.
"What happened?" asked Sharp Tooth, the tiger, of Tum Tum, as the elephant went past the cage of the striped beast. "Where did you go a little while ago?"
"Out looking for Mappo, the monkey," answered Tum Tum.
"Did he run away?" asked the tiger.
"Yes, I guess he was afraid you would bite him."
"And so I would, if I could get him," snarled the tiger. "He is to blame for me being shut up in this cage."
Tum Tum said nothing, for he did not want to get in a quarrel with the tiger.