Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant

Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant, by Richard Barnum

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Title: Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures
Author: Richard Barnum
Illustrator: Harriet H. Tooker
Release Date: May 24, 2007 [EBook #21599]
Language: English
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[Illustration: Whooo-ish! went more water from Tum Tum's trunk on the blazing peanut wagon and straw. (Page 91) Frontispiece]

Kneetime Animal Stories
TUM TUM, THE JOLLY ELEPHANT
HIS MANY ADVENTURES
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
NEW YORK BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS

KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES
By Richard Barnum
Large 12mo. Illustrated. Price per volume, 50 cents, postpaid
SQUINTY, THE COMICAL PIG SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL MAPPO, THE MERRY MONKEY TUM TUM, THE JOLLY 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)
BARSE & HOPKINS Publishers New York
Copyright, 1915 by Barse & Hopkins
Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant
VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I TUM TUM GOES SWIMMING 7
II TUM TUM IS CAUGHT 18
III TUM TUM AND MAPPO 31
IV TUM TUM IN THE CIRCUS 42
V TUM TUM AND DON 49
VI TUM TUM AND THE WAGON 60
VII TUM TUM LOOKS FOR MAPPO 69
VIII TUM TUM AND THE FIRE 77
IX TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS 89
X TUM TUM AND THE LEMONADE 97
XI TUM TUM AND THE TIGER 110
XII TUM TUM'S BRAVE DEED 117

ILLUSTRATIONS
Whooo-ish! went more water from Tum Tum's trunk on the blazing peanut wagon and straw. Frontispiece
PAGE
Through the forest jungle rushed the elephants, trampling down the trees and bushes 24
He fell down on his knees, while Mappo sailed through the air 41
All this while Tum Tum was holding Don high in the air in his trunk 60
The big hippopotamus wagon rolled out of the mud, and on to the firm, hard road 84
Right out of the ground the big elephant pulled the tree 98
He stayed under the tree where the tiger was, for he knew that soon the circus men would come to hunt for Sharp Tooth 120

TUM TUM, THE JOLLY ELEPHANT
CHAPTER I
TUM TUM GOES SWIMMING
Tum Tum 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 Tum Tum was. Tum Tum was the jolliest elephant in the circus, but before that he was the jolliest elephant in the woods or jungle.
In fact, Tum Tum was nearly always happy and jolly, and, though he had many troubles, in all the adventures that happened to him, still, he always tried to be good-natured over them.
So I am going to tell you all about Tum Tum, and the wonderful things that happened to him.
Once upon a time Tum Tum was a baby elephant, and lived away off in a far country called India, with many other elephants, little and big, in the jungle.
The jungle is just another name for woods, or forest, only the jungle is a very thick woods. The trees grow big and strong, and between them grow strong vines so that it is hard for any living creature except an elephant, or maybe a snake to push his way along. A snake can crawl on the ground under the vines, you know.
Well, Tum Tum lived in this jungle, and with him lived his father and mother. His father was a great big elephant, named Tusky, and he was called this because he had two big, long, white teeth, called tusks, sticking out on either side of his long trunk, which was like a fat rubber hose.
Tum Tum's mother was named Mrs. Tusky, but she did not have any long teeth like her husband. Perhaps she had had some once, and had lost them, breaking down a big tree, or something like that.
Tum Tum 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, Tum Tum 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 where he was standing. Trumpeting is the noise an elephant makes when he blows through his long trunk, or nose. It is his way of speaking to