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Tum TumtheJolly
Elephant: HisMany
Adventures
Richard Barnum
Illustrated byHarrietH. Tooker
Whooo-ish! went more water from Tum Tum’s trunk on
the blazing peanut wagon and straw.
Frontispiece
Kneetime Animal Stories
TUM TUM,
THE JOLLY ELEPHANT
HIS MANYADVENTURES
BY
RICHARD BARNUM
Author of “Squinty, the Comical Pig,” “Slicko, the
Jumping Squirrel,” “Mappo, the Merry Monkey,”
“Don, a Runaway Dog,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRIET H. TOOKER
1915
KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES
By RichardBarnum
Large 12mo. Illustrated. Price per volume,
50 cents, postpaid
Squinty, The Comical Pig.
Slicko, The Jumping Squirrel.
Mappo, The Merry Monkey.
Tum Tum, TheJolly Elephant.
Don, A Runaway Dog.
Dido, The Dancing Bear.
Blackie, A Lost Cat.
Flop Ear, The Funny Rabbit.
Tinkle, The Trick Pony.
Lightfoot, The Leaping Goat.
(Other volumes in preparation)
CONTENTS
I. TumTum Goes Swimming
II. Tumtum is Caught
III. TumTum and Mappo
IV. TumTum in the Circus
V. TumTum and Don
VI. TumTum and the Wagon
VII. TumTum Looks for Mappo
VIII. TumTum and the Fire
IX. TumTum and the Balloons
X. TumTum and the Lemonade
XI. TumTum and the Tiger
XII. Tum Tum’s Brave Deed
[...]... the other elephants knew this “Run away from the fence! Run over this way!” called Mr Boom 14 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventures Through the forest jungle rushed the elephants, trampling down the trees and bushes 15 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventuresThe elephants ran, but soon they saw another fence in front of them—a fence as strong as the first one Mr Boom and some of the. .. something like that 1 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventuresTumTum had no brothers or sisters, but there were other little boy and girl elephants in the herd, or family of elephants, where he lived, and, altogether, he had a good time in the jungle, TumTum did One day Tum Tum, who had been eating his dinner of leaves, with his father and mother, heard a loud trumpeting in the woods back of... mother and father, and soon he was sound asleep 12 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventures For some time after this, the herd of elephants was kept on the move bythe hunters Then, finally, the men with guns were left so far behind that there was no more danger for them Then all the elephants were glad They did not have to run through the jungle any more, and they had time to eat and drink Tum. .. pulled the tree He stayed under the tree where the tiger was, for he knew that soon the circus men would come to hunt for Sharp Tooth TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventures CHAPTER I TUMTUM GOES SWIMMING TumTum was a jolly elephant I shall tell you that much at the start of this story, so you will not have to be guessing as to who TumTum was TumTum was the jolliest elephant in the circus,... rushed at TumTum Chains and ropes were thrown over his back, and around his legs The chains and ropes were pulled tight TumTum was caught in the trap 17 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventures CHAPTER III TUMTUM AND MAPPO TumTum was not now such a jolly elephant as he had been the day he went in swimming, or as happy as when he pulled up the tree, fell over backward, and laughed at his own... eating the tender, juicy leaves from the thorn tree Zunga was another girl elephant, and she was just called that name because her mother thought it sounded nice—just as Tum Tum’s mamma thought his name was the nicest one in the jungle “I’m coming!” trumpeted Tum Tum, and then he came to another tree that stood in his path 4 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventures “I guess I’ll have to knock this... that Before the elephant children reached the place where they had left the herd feeding, TumTum saw something pushing through the jungle toward them “Look out!” he warned his playmates “Something is coming!” The five elephants stopped short, and were beginning to get afraid when, all at once, Tum Tum’s mother burst through the bushes and came up to him 10 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisMany Adventures. .. who heard what TumTum said, called to him, and spoke: “Oh, brother Do not break down the fence.” “Why not?” asked Tum Tum, who could easily understand the language of the tame elephant “Why should I not break the fence, and let my friends, and my father and mother, out of this trap Why not?” 19 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventures “Because,” answered the tame elephant, with the chains, “you... fun They splashed each other, squirted water all over, and soon were as cool as cucumbers on ice All at once, through the jungle, there sounded a loud trumpeting “Hark!” cried Whoo-ee, as he stopped squirting water on Thorny “What’s that?” “It’s Mr Boom signaling that there’s danger!” cried TumTum 8 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventures CHAPTER II TUMTUM IS CAUGHT Tum Tum, and the other... driven into this park, only it was a trap, and not a park And there was no way out of it The fence ran all about it, except this one hole And through that hole the elephants were being driven 16 TumTumtheJolly Elephant: HisManyAdventures “Go back! Go back!” cried Tum Tum, waving his trunk at the other elephants as Mr Boom was doing But the elephants were afraid to go back because the hunters were . down the
trees and bushes
He fell down on his knees, while Mappo sailed through the air
All this while Tum Tum was holding Don high in the air in his. Elephant: His Many Adventures
4
Tum Tum, the jolly elephant, stopped eating his dinner, for he had
had enough, anyhow, and off through the jungle he