The Elephant, who had borrowed a pair of roller skates to race with
the White Rocking Horse, lived in a large Noah's Ark with the other
animals from the jungle and the desert.

"Get ready now!" cried the Bold Tin Soldier. "On your marks, Horse and
Elephant! I will have one of my men fire his gun as a signal to start
the race!"

"Good!" neighed the White Rocking Horse.

Slowly he began to sway back and forth, while the Elephant slid along
on his roller skates until both animals stood, once more, on the crack
in the floor. When the Candy Rabbit had cried "Hush!" they had both
slid back toward the toy counter. Later on the make-believe folk found
that the noise was caused by a Jack in the Box springing up quickly to
watch the race.

"Bang!" went a toy pop gun. And then the race began!

And such a race as it was! Across the floor, toward the elevators,
went the Elephant, gliding along on the roller skates. Back and forth
swayed the Rocking Horse, and each time he moved he went a little
faster. His tail and mane streamed out in the air and his red saddle
of real leather glistened in the light of the one dim electric lamp.

"The Elephant is winning! The Elephant is winning!" cried the Monkey
on a Stick. He rather favored the Elephant, for, like the big chap,
the Monkey also had come from a jungle.