"No, no! I will not!" answered brave Maggo.
Then the lion put his paws through the bars of the cage and scratched Maggo, but the lady elephant did not mind that. She made a loud noise through her trunk, and this call brought the keepers on the run. One of them saw what the matter was.
"Quick!" cried this keeper. "The lion's cage door is not fastened. He is trying to get out, but the elephant is holding him in. Quick! Fasten shut the door!"
Then the circus men, very quickly, made the door tightly shut, and that was the end of Roarer's chances for getting out. Oh, but that lion was angry!
He sprang about the cage, roaring loudly, but he could not get out to go and join Sharp Tooth, the tiger.
"Some of you put some salve on the elephant's scratches," said the head circus man, "while I look to see if any other animals have gotten loose."
Then he saw the open door of the tiger's cage, and he cried:
"Sharp Tooth is loose! We must go and find that tiger!"
Then some one else called:
"And Tum Tum is gone also!"