Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures   By: Richard Barnum

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

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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.