Tum Tum had not thought so himself, but even an elephant never knows what he can do until he tries.

"Huh! I s'pose he thinks he's smart, because he pushed a wagon we couldn't," said one of the two elephants to the other.

"Yes," said the second one, "but if they'd given us another chance, we could have done it, too."

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The big hippopotamus wagon rolled out of the mud,
and on to the firm, hard road.
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But I do not believe they could. And Tum Tum did not think he was "smart," either. He only felt that he had done what he had been told to do, even though it was hard work, and did hurt his head.