TUM TUM AND THE LEMONADE
The little boy and girl, who had ridden on the back of Tum Tum, the jolly elephant, stretched up their hands toward the balloons that had caught in the tree. They even got up again into the little house, and, standing up, tried to reach their floating toys.
"Sit down! Sit down!" called their father.
"Yes, you might fall," said Tum Tum's trainer, or keeper, who was also riding in the little house on the elephant's back.
"But we want our balloons!" cried the little boy.
"Yes, our nice toy balloons!" said the little girl, and there were tears in her eyes. Tum Tum felt sorry for her. He did not like to see little girls cry.
"I must get those balloons back for them," Tum Tum said to himself, over and over again.
"I'll get you other balloons," said the children's papa again, trying to make them feel happier. But the boy and girl wanted the same balloons they had had first.
"Now if Mappo were only here," thought Tum Tum, "he could easily climb up that tree, even if it is a slender one, and will easily bend. For Mappo is not very heavy, and he could go away up to the top of the tree.
"But no one else can, and none of the monkeys but Mappo is smart enough to do it. So I'll have to get the balloons myself."