Then he happened to look over the side of the tent, which had been let down low, to allow the breeze to come in. What Tum Tum saw made him feel very good.
Just outside the tent, was a lemonade stand, and on the ground by it was a big washtub full of pink lemonade, the kind they always sell at circuses. Tum Tum stretched out his trunk, and found that he could easily reach the pink lemonade.
"I say, Maggo," called Tum Tum, in an elephant whisper. "I know how to get a cool drink."
"How?" asked Maggo. "Now, don't play any joke on me. I could not bear that. I am so thirsty!"
"No, this isn't a joke," said Tum Tum. "At least it isn't a joke on you. Come, we shall both have a drink. Put your trunk out over the side of the tent. On the ground outside is a big washtub, full of pink lemonade. We can easily suck it up through our trunks and drink it. Come on, I'll show you how to do it."
"Oh, fine!" cried Maggo. Then she and Tum Tum, not thinking it was wrong, put their trunks down in the pink lemonade, and sucked it all out, putting it into their mouths.
"Oh, but that's good!" cried Tum Tum, for the lemonade happened to be very sweet.
"It certainly is," said Maggo. "I wish there were more."