"Why did you run away?" asked Squinty.

"Oh, I got tired of staying in a cage. And I was afraid the big tiger
might bite me. I'll run back again pretty soon, before they miss me. Now
you tell me about your balloon ride."

So Squinty told the merry monkey all about running away, and learning
tricks, and having a ride in the queer basket.

"I can do tricks, too," said Mappo. "But just now I am hungry. I wonder
if any cocoanut trees are in these woods?"

"I don't know what a cocoanut is," answered Squinty, "but I'll give you
some of my acorns."

The comical little pig and the merry monkey hid under the bush and ate
acorns as they watched the circus procession go past. It was not a
regular parade, as the show was going only from one town to-another.
Squinty looked at the beautiful wagons, and at the strange animals, some
with big humps on their backs. At last he saw some very big creatures,
and he cried out:

"Oh, Mappo! What are those animals? They have a tail at each end!"

"Those are elephants," said Mappo, "and they do not have two tails. One
is a tail, and the other is their trunk, or long nose, by which they
pick up peanuts, and other things to eat, and they can drink water
through it, too."

"Oh, elephants, eh!" exclaimed Squinty. "But who is that big,