accident happened that brought them to a stop.

"And so we nearly ran into an elephant; eh?" said Mr. Bobbsey to
the brakeman, who had brought in the news.

"Yes, sir. Our engineer stopped just in time."

"If we had hit him we'd gone off the track," said Freddie.

"No, we wouldn't," declared Flossie, who seemed bound to start a
dispute. Perhaps she was so tired that she was fretful.

"Say, can't you two stop disputing all the while?" asked Bert, in
a low voice. "You make papa and mamma nervous."

"Well, an elephant is big, anyhow," said Freddie.

"So he is, little Fat Fireman," said Nan, "Come and sit with me,
and we can see the men catch the monkeys."

The work of getting the escaped animals back into their cages was
going on rapidly. Some of the passengers went out to watch, but
the Bobbseys stayed in their seats, Mr. Bobbsey thinking this best.
The catching of the monkeys was the hardest work, but soon even
this was accomplished.

The wait seemed very tiresome when there was nothing more to watch,
and Mr. Bobbsey looked about for some railroad man of whom he could
inquire how much longer delay there would be. The conductor came
through the car.