Chapter 1 of Tum Tum the Jolly Elephant This is a lever box recording. All lever box recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer please visit leverbox.org Recording by Kenneth Sargent Gagan. Tum Tum the Jolly Elephant by Richard Barnum Chapter 1 Tum Tum Goes Swimming Tum Tum was a Jolly Elephant. I shall tell you that much at the start of this story so you wouldn't have to be guessing as to whom 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 and all the adventures that happened to him still he had always tried to be good natured over them. So I'm going to tell you about Tum Tum and the wonderful things that happened to him. Once upon a time Tum Tum was a bellybee elephant and lived far away 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 very thick woods. The trees grow big and strong and in between them grow strong vines that is so hard for any living creature except an elephant or maybe a snake to push his way along. A snake and crawl along the ground under the vines well Tum Tum lived in this jungle and with him lived his father and mother.  Tum Tum's mother was named Mrs Tusky but she did not have any long teeth like her husband perhaps she had some once and had lost them breaking down a big tree or something like that. Tum Tum had no brothers and sisters but there were other little boy and girl elephants in the herd or family of elephants where he lived. Altogether he had a good time in the jungle. 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 up where he was standing. Trumpeting is the noise an elephant makes when he blows through his big trunk or nose and it is his way of speaking to another elephant. Who's that calling asked Mrs Tusky? Oh it sounds like some of the little boy elephants said the old papa elephant as he pulled up a tree by the roots so he could more easily take a bite from the tender top leaves. I hope it doesn't mean any danger for us said Mrs Tusky looking at Tum Tum who is busy finishing his dinner. Elephants you know no matter if they are big are just as much afraid of danger as other wild animals. Of course they're not so much afraid of the other beasts in the jungles or the elephants can fight almost anything even a lion or a tiger but an elephant is afraid of the black man or the natives who lives in the jungle and an elephant is also afraid of the white hunters who come into the big quarry from time to time. I hope no hunters are about to make one of our elephant friends trumpet that way said Mrs Tusky speaking in a way elephants have. Oh no don't be afraid said her husband eating way at the tree leaves there is no danger but as he said this he put up his long trunk nose and carefully sniff the air. That is the way animals have a telling of danger isn't here they do it by smelling as well as by listening and seeing. Only one cannot see very far in the jungle as the trees are so thick Mrs Tusky also lifted up her big ears about as large as 10 palm leaves fans and listen for any sounds of danger. All he heard was a crashing of tree branches and bushes as some of the other elephants farther off in the jungle push their way about eating their dinners then suddenly some elephants called trumpeting through his trunk tum tum hello tum tum can you come out and play oh it's some of your little elephant friend said mr tum tum to the little boy elephant. I'd say little though tum tum was really a pretty good size he was still much larger than a horse oh may I go and play with them ask tum tum just as any of you might have done. Of course tum tum did not speak in words as you or I would have done instead he spoke an elephant language so we could also speak and understand other animal talk and he could also understand man talk just as in my other books I have told you how dogs cats pigs and monkeys can understand what we say to them though they can't talk to us may I go out and play ask tum tum oh I guess so I answered his father but do not go too far and you must listen to the sounds of danger trumpet from mr boom when he signals that there is danger you must run back for that will mean you shall have to go off further in the jungle and hide oh I'll be careful promised tum tum elephants in the jungle live in big families or herds at the head is the largest elephant of them all the leader he was always on the lookout for danger and when he sees hears or smells any he gives a signal or trumpet through his tongue and then all the elephants run away and hide tum tum the jolly elephant stopped eating his dinner or he had enough anyhow and off through the jungle he crashed he did not wait to go by the path for he was so big and strong even though he's a little chap as yet he could crash through the big thick bushes and even knock over pretty large trees if they were in his way I'm coming call tum tum to his play falls the other elephant said I'm coming tum tum came to a tree that stood in his way he could just as well have gone around it but that was not what he was used to so he lowered his head and banged into it crash over went to tree broken off short I'll soon be with you tum tum called again or he still cannot see his little friends who's there he asked back through the jungle came the answer we're all here will we gumble umble thorny and zunga they were the names of the elephants with whom tum tum played who he was a boy of and he had that name because he used to make a funny sound almost like his name when he whistled through his trunk gumbley umbley was another boy of it and he was called out because he grumbled or found fault so often thorny was a little girl and she got her name because she was so fond of eating the tender juicy leaves from the thorn tree zingo was another girl of it and she was just called that name because her mother thought it sounded nice just as tum tum's mama thought his name was the nicest one in the jungle I'm coming trumpet tum tum and then he came to another tree that stood in his bath I guess I have to knock this one out of the way he thought to himself and he lowered his strong head and started quack went his head against the tree but the tree did not break it was very strong hmm thought tum tum guess I'll have to pull you up by the root if I can't break you off so he wound his trunk around the tree then he pulled and he pulled and he pulled some more until all of a sudden the tree came up by the root came up so quickly that tum tum tumbled over backwards head over heels smashed down in the bushes when tum tum holding up the tree in his trunk haha came in all the laugh from the jungle in front of him oh just look what happened a voice called what happened to tum tum as a third elephant are you playing one of your tricks someone else wanted to know tum tum looked up for where he lays on his back in the bushes he saw hui gumbo umbo thorny and zunga looking at him their mouths wide open laughing and then instead of getting angry and being cross tum tum just laughed in themselves such a jolly laugh haha he giggle I fell over backward pulling up this tree did you see me did we see you well I guess we did cried will we well maybe you did but I didn't complain gumbo umbo zunga got right in my way when I wanted to look oh I'm sorry said zunga I didn't mean to oh don't mind the gumbo umbo said tum tum with another jolly laugh he's always finding fault I'll pull up another tree and fall again gumbo umbo so you can see me do it if you like no don't you might hurt yourself said thorny the other girl open who cried tum tum I'm not afraid well never mind about pulling up more trees now said we we called you to come out and have some fun with us we're going swimming where asked tum tum as he got up off his back and blew some dust over himself to keep away of the flies oh we're going down in the river says zunga it's so hot today that a nice bath will cool us off come on I better ask my mother said tum tum I didn't know you were going swimming when you called for me to come and play with you I'll go ask her all right we'll wait for you only don't be all day said gumbo umbo we want to go in the water before it's night oh you mustn't mind him laugh will we I don't know what's the matter with him today he's always finding fault did you get a thorny or foot gumbo that makes you so cross no I didn't answer the other boy elephant but I don't want to stand here all the afternoon in a hot jungle waiting for tum tum I won't be long promised to tell the elephant he hurried back through the woods to where his father and mother were still eating mother may I go swimming he asked as he came to where mrs tusky stood yes but don't go so far that you can't hear any calls that may come from mr boom there's no telling when the hunters may find us I'll listen I'll be careful as a tum tum back he crashed through the jungle and soon he and his elephant friends were on their way to the river that was not far from where the herd of elephants was feeding there's a river suddenly called we as he caught sight of the sparkling water through the trees let's see who will be the first one and call who we as you began to run oh don't leave us behind beg thorny and zunga oh that's the way with girls always making a fuss complain gumbo umbo why can't you run like boys because you're bigger and stronger than we are said zunga well we're not going to wait for you it said gumbo umbo never mind I don't care whether I'm first in the water or not said tum tum I'll stay with you thorny and zunga isn't tum tum nights whispered zunga to thorny as it went along through the jungle yes said thorny wooey and gumbo umbo hurried on through the wood through the wood and wooey was the first to splash into the water I won he cried well I would have been first on these sites stumbled over a tree root said gumbo umbo oh he's always finding fault it seemed into the water splashed a five elephant children they went out where it was about deep enough to come up to their ears and then they suck water up in their trunks and sprayed it over their backs drive away the flies and that's that hit them then they swam out into deep water and rolled in tumble about having great fun they splashed each other squirted water all over and soon were as cool as cucumbers on ice all at once though through the jungle there sounded a loud trumpeting hark cried wooey as he stopped squirting water on thorny what's that it's mr boom signaling there's danger cried tum tum end of chapter one recording by kennis sergeant gaegan chapter two of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain recording by kennis sergeant gaegan chapter two tum tum is caught tum tum and the other elephants who were swimming may know more noise and a fly walking up the window they all kept quiet and listen through the jungle again sounded the trumpet call boom boom boom boom that sure means danger cried tum tum come on we'd better go back to where our mothers and fathers are indeed we had said thorny as she and zunka waited to shore water dripping from them that's always a way complained gumbo umbo just as we are having fun something has to happen look here exclaim wooey you don't want to be caught in a trap do you of course not said gumbo umbo and you don't want a hunter to shoot you or to carry away some far place somewhere do you no i don't and gumbo umbo did not speak quite so crossly this time well then said wooey let's do as tum tum is doing and start for home there must be some danger or mr boom wouldn't have called us that way indeed he wouldn't said tum tum and he did not laugh his jolly laugh now my mother told me to be sure and listen for a call from mr boom she said he would be looking for danger and when he called i was to hurry home tum tum was out on the bank of the river now gumbo umbo was the last one of the elephants to come from the swimming pool that's hurry said tum tum that's what i say cried thorny i don't want to be caught by some hunter the elephant children knew what hunters were for their fathers and mothers that often told them about the natives who tried to catch the elephants indeed some of the older elephants had more than once been caught in a trap but they've got out without stopping to put on any clothes for of course elephants do not wear any tum tum and the others hurried off through the jungle toward where rest of the herd was feeding several times as they hastened along they could hear mr boom trumpeting and it sounded as though he said hurry along hurry along there's danger danger and tum tum and the others did hurry you'd be sure of that before the elephant children reached the place where they had left the herd feeding tum tum saw something pushing through the jungle toward him look out he warned his playmate something is coming the five elephants stopped short and were beginning to get afraid when all at once tum tum's mother burst through the bushes and came upon him oh i was so frightened she said speaking through her trunk thought you were never coming oh we heard mr boom said tum tum and we came as soon as we could but what's the matter mama plenty as a matter or rather is going to be unless we can get away said mama a big band of hunters is in the jungle and they're coming this way did you see the mass were we no indeed if we wanted to they were close enough for us elephants to see them they would have been so close that we would not get away some monkey brought word that the hunters were on the march so we're going to start at once and go far off into the deep dark part of the jungle where they can't find us well we had a swim anyhow said tum tum i'm hungry mama do we have time to eat no indeed said the lady elephant well we'll just have to eat as we go along you children had better go to your fathers and mothers she said to wui gumbo gumbo thorny and zunga they're very likely looking for you so the four friends of tum tum started off and soon the whole herd of elephants was moving off through the jungle led by mr boom who had heard of the danger from a monkey friend all that day the herd of elephants kept on crashing their way through the jungle they did not follow any path but made one for themselves through the thick strong vines they pushed their way breaking down trees or pulling them up by their roots nothing could stop the elephants when they were running away from danger oh dear this is no fun i'm tired i'm not going to run any more complaining gumbo i don't believe there is any danger anyhow oh but there must be said tum tum who is with hui and was hurrying along beside his playthaw and he pointed with his trunk to mr boom and some of the older elephants who were leading the herd well i'm not going to go so fast said gumbo umbo i'm going to stop and have been dressed no you're not acclaimed his father who came up behind gumbo umbo just then i'm sorry the papa elephant said but you must keep on it would never do to stop now where the hunters would get us here i'll push you along and with his strong head gumbo umbo father shoved his son along whether gumbo umbo wanted to go or not tum tum needed no pushing he was glad enough to hurry along as fast as he could so were the other small elephants for they did not want to be caught then after a while mr boom signaled that they were far off enough now and they not hurry anymore they were safe at least for a time and i'm glad i'm a decline gumbo umbo i can't walk another step and he lay down to rest all the elephants were tired and hungry but they had come to a place where there was plenty of food and water soon they were eating drinking and getting ready to spend the night in it for it was almost dark tum tum found a nice cozy place between his mother and father and soon he would sound asleep but sometime after this the herd of the elephants was kept on the move by the hunters then finally the men with guns were left so far behind that there was no more danger from them and all the elephants were glad they didn't have to run through the jungle anymore and they had time to eat and drink tum tum and his friends went in swimming many times and tum tum grew so fat and large and strong that he was soon the largest of all the children elephants in the herd in fact he was almost as large as his mother and father and all the elephants he was the strongest except only for mr boom no elephant was stronger or heavier than mr boom that was what made him the leader one day when tum tum had grown to be a big fine strong elephant so as jolly as ever something happened to him i shall tell you all about now the herd of elephants within the forest as before they were eating away when all of a sudden mr boom gave the signal with his trunk danger danger he cried in his deep booming voice that was like distant thunder oh we've got to run again cried mr teski who was the father of tum tum it is a good thing elephants do not live in houses and also good that they have nothing to move with them when they go from place to place or they would have trouble because they have to run away from danger so often once again they were on the march with mr boom and the lead now tum tum was so big and strong that he was allowed to march at the head of the herd with mr boom oh but i'm afraid to have him there said mrs teski to her husband none said to claim the papa elephant he must learn to take his place someday he will be the leader of the herd and and he will warn the others of danger through the forest junk or the elephants trampling down the trees and bushes behind them could be heard the shouts of the hunters and the firing of guns there were also the noise of the big wooden and tin drums being beaten and horns being blown there's also trumpeting of other elephants tame elephants for hundreds use tame elephants to help them catch the wild ones wait don't run away you will not be hurt called the tame elephants to tum tum and the other wild ones but the wild elephants did not want to be caught they did not know they would be kindly treated by their masters all the wild elephants wanted to do was get away so with tum tum mr boom at their head away they rushed through the jungle all the ones the rushing herd and wild elephants came to a fence in the jungle it was a strong fence made a big bamboo tree stuck in the ground strong fence that even mr boom try as he did could not break it down when he found out after one or two blows from his head would not break the fence he called out to the other elephants never mind the fence we can't break through it so we'll run along beside it maybe there'll be a hole in it somewhere so the elephants rushed through the jungle alongside the fence just as you might do until you came to a gate or a hole that was what mr boom was looking for a hole in the fence but you do not see any in fact this fence was a trap and soon mr boom and the other elephants knew this went away from the fence run over that way called mr boom the elephants ran but soon they saw another fence in front of them a fence as strong as the first one mr boom and some of his strong elephants including tum tum tried to break it down but they could not they had all gotten together and pushed at one spot they might have broken it but they pushed in different places their fence held them back nevermind call mr boom maybe this fence has a hole in it we'll run along it and find out why can't we turn around and go back ask them bull on bull over the tum tum behind him who is now running because the hunters are behind us said tum tum if we turn back they would surely catch us the only thing to do is to run on tum tum was beginning to be a smart elephant you see he knew many things about danger but he had only known it there was something he did not know and that was that he and the others were even then running right into a trap on and on rushed the elephants to two lines of fences that had been far apart we're now so close together that they could both easily be seen at once it was like going down a long lane in the cow pasture with a fence on either side then mr boom saw the danger go back go back call the big leader elephants go back but it was too late right in front of the elephants was a big round place like a baseball park with a high fence all around it a very strong fence there was a gate by which the elephants could be driven into this park only it was a trap and not a park and there was no way out of it the fence ran all along except this one hole and through the hole the elephants were being driven go back go back right time time waving his trunk at the other elephants as mr boom was doing but the elephants were afraid to go back because the hunters were rushing up behind them the hunters had driven the elephants into the trap and we're going to keep them there up row the hunters on tame elephants into the trap they drove the wild ones some time and all the others alas we're all caught cry mr boom come let us see if we can break through this fence he rushed at it with his big head but the fence was too strong for him into the midst of this wild elephants came the tame ones with the hunter men on their backs the tame elephants talked to the wild ones be quiet said the tame elephants you will not be hurt see we were once like you but we were caught and we like it be quiet so some of the elephants quieted down but other rushed about trying to break through the fence tum tum was one of these then all at once two tame elephants with men on their backs rushed to tum tum chains and ropes were thrown over his back and around his legs the chains and ropes were pulled tight tum tum was caught in the trap end of chapter two recording by kena sergeant gagan chapter three of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain recording by kena sergeant gagan chapter three tum tum and mappo tum tum was not such a jolly elephant as he had been the day he went swimming or as happy as when he pulled up the tree fell over backwards and laughed at his own joke no indeed tum tum was really very unhappy now oh mama cried tum tum oh papa what has happened mr and mrs tusky were not able to answer tum tum they too as well as nearly all the other elephants have been caught in the trap some of them like tum tum were held fast with chains and ropes and others were trying to batter down the fence of the trap with their heads but they felt that they could not do it the fence was too strong let me go let me lose cry tum tum in his elephant language of course the hunter men who had taken tum tum and others prisoners did not understand this talk but they could see that tum tum was very strong and might break loose had a pretty couple more chains on that fellow said one of the hunters to another i guess so agreed the second hunter that is the finest and biggest elephant we have caught in this herd at first tum tum thought they must be speaking of mr boom who surely was the largest and strongest elephant in the jungle oh and tum tum looked around mr boom was not to be seen he'd gotten away he had turned and run out of the trap and he was so big and strong and even the tame elephants with the hunters on their backs could not stop him away he rushed into the jungle but he was very sad for he alone of all the herd had escaped i wonder of whom they can be speaking so big and strong thought tum tum he saw two tame elephants with hunters on their backs carrying chains and coming toward him why why they must be mean said tum tum to himself he stopped trying to break down the fence which the hunters had built as a trap and waited look out for him said one of the men he looks dangerous he looks like a bad elephant tum tum was not a bad elephant he was very strong but he was not bad oh mama what shall i do cry tum tum as he saw the tame elephants with chains coming closer to him for all his great strength tum tum was yet only a boy elephant he was not very wise he didn't know what to do listen said tum tum's father you are now the leader of the herd tum tum mr boom is gone and i'm too old to be the leader so you must be we elephants will do as you do if you can break down the fence and get away from the hunters we will follow you i will try once more to break down the fence said tum tum let some of the strong young elephants come to help me come on we come on gumbo umbil we will smash down the fence but one of the tame elephants who heard what tum tum said called to him and spoke oh brother do not break down the fence why not ask tum tum who could easily understand the language of the tame elephant why should we not break down the fence and let my friends and my father and mother out of this trap why not because answered the tame elephant with the chains you cannot do it already you are held with ropes and soon we will put more chains on you so that you cannot move and why would you you are elephants like ourselves why would you do this to us who never harmed you as tum tum because it is for your good said the tame elephant the white hunters are very strong you may get away from them now but they will come after you again it is better to give in now if you are good and do not try to break down the fence you will wear no chains but what will happen to us to me and my father and mother asked tum tum you will be put to work piling teak logs in the woods said the tame elephant you will have enough to eat you will have shelter from the rain and flies you will have water to drink and to wash in it's a good life I like it is that all that will happen to me asked tum tum oh perhaps not answered the tame elephant you may be sent far across the big water and a house that floats and go as other elephants have gone to a circus or a menagerie the boys and girls look at you and feed you peanuts too what a peanuts asked tum tum who was hungry I don't know never had eaten any said the tame elephant but one of my brothers who was in the circus in a far off land and who came back here said they were very good now shall we put chains on you I and my tame brothers or will you be quiet you and your others tum tum thought for a minute after all he was caught and would be hard to get away even if he was the strongest elephant in the herd now that mr bloom was gone then too it might be nice in a circus and tum tum certainly wanted to see what peanuts were like I'll be good tame brother he said you need not put chains and wrote on me oh you're wise tum tum said the tame elephant we will put no chains on you and about the others he asked the others will do as I do said tum tum I am the leader now good trumpet the tame elephant whose name was dununda my brother from the jungle is wise so tum tum had no more chains put on his legs and were back and those that were on him with the ropes were taken off so we're not going to try and break from the trap ask will we know for we will be well treated here said tum tum and some of us may go to a circus what's a circus have sung the it's a place where boys and girls look at us and feed us peanuts and your tum tum well I will not go to any circus cry gumbo umbo I'm going to break out of this trap you must not cry tum tum I have said that we'd all be good and I am the leader but you can't lead me trumpeted gumbo umbo as you rush to the fence of the stockade or trap but before he could reach it two tame elephants rushed at him and gumbo umbo was soon bound with strong chains and ropes so that he could hardly move it's all your fault he cried to tum tum no it's your own said gumbo umbo's papa now you must quiet down and be a good elephant we're caught we cannot go more to the jungle but perhaps it is the best for us so tum tum and the wild elephants were thus caught for a time the herd of wild elephants was kept inside defense they were given good things to eat and plenty of water to drink and to blow over themselves with your tusks to cool off they did not try to get away so once in the night mr boom came as close to the outside of the trap as he dared and trumpeted trying to call his herd back to him but they would not go they were beginning to like it with the tame elephants and in a little while all the wild elephants tum tum included were quite tame then they were taken out a few at a time out to the forest and shown how to pile up heavy logs of teakwood which is used for building ships and sometimes for making tables and chairs tame elements show the wild ones how to carry the logs on their tusks or in their trunks and how to pile them up as neatly as you can pile up your building blocks tum tum learned to do this and also how to push heavy wagons about with his head he also learned much of the man talk so there's driver or mohut as he is called could buy a few words make tum tum understand just what he wanted one day tum tum was taken away from the rest of the herd and he did not even have a chance to say goodbye he was that up what seemed to be a little bridge and tum tum was afraid it would fall but it did not next he walked into a dark place and he found other elephants there some of them he knew where are we and where are we going he asked we are in a ship and we're being taken across the ocean to a circus answered we who was one of the elephants in the dark place which was on the inside of a steamship a circus good kite tum tum now I shall see how peanuts taste the ship began to move in rock rocked and swayed for many days for it was on the ocean and then one day a sailor came down to see the elephants he brought with him a queer little animal with thick brown hair and this animal chattered in jungle talk huh I seem to know who that is thought tum tum chatter chatter chatter went a little brown-haired animal as he sprang from the arms of the sailor trumpeted tum tum then the little brown monkey was such it was gave a jump from the arms of the sailor and landed up on the back of the elephant hello tum tum cried the monkey why it's mapo explained tum tum how did you get here oh I was caught in the net when I was eating some coconut the monkey said I have told you what happened in a book called mapo the merry monkey caught in the net huh said tum tum that is too bad I was caught myself but where are you going to a circus answered mapo so am I cry tum tum this is fine we'll be in the circus together so the monkey and the elephant were good friends for they had known each other in the jungle tum tum often have passed under the tree where mapo's home was the sailor who had brought mapo down to see the elephant smiled as he saw tum tum making friends with him I guess I'll leave them together to the sailor so mapo went to sleep on tum tum's big back the monkey had not slept very long before he was suddenly awakened by finding himself almost sliding off what is the matter tum tum asked mapo the ship is trying to stand untid I think said the elephant oh here I go and he fell down on his knees while mapo sailed through the air and fell on a pile of hay end of chapter three recording by kena sergeant gagan chapter four of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain recording by kena sergeant gagan chapter four tum tum in the circus with mapo chattering in his monkey language and the elephants in the lower part of the ship trumpeting through their trunks there was so much noise that it is no wonder many of the animals were frightened oh what is it what is it mapo shattered I don't know answered tum tum unless the hunters are coming after us again and raising a trunk he gave the call of danger as he heard mr boom the big leader often give it in the jungle hush be quiet call the no the elephant near tum tum why do you call that way brother he asked in elephant language there is danger reply tum tum I must tell the others to get out of here oh that cannot be done so the old elephant we're in a ship on the big water and if we go out now in the ocean we would surely drown be quiet but why am I tossed about so asked tum tum why can I not stand up straight because the ship is in the storm answer the old elephant I know for I have been on a ship before the wind is blowing and tossing the ship up and down but there is no danger only keep quiet and since you are the new leader of the elephants tell them to be quiet or some of them may be hurt see down come the sailors to see what is the trouble surely enough down came a whole lot of sailors in white suits to see why all the elephants had trumpeted so loudly and why mapo the merry monkey had squealed hush be quiet call tum tum to the other elephants be quiet or I shall beat you with my trunk and make you when tum tum spoke that way all the other elephants heard him and they grew quiet some who had fallen on their knees when the ship toss from side to side now got up they placed their big legs far apart so they could stand steadily we'll be all right when the storm passes says the old elephant who had spoken to tum tum mapo picked himself up off a pile of hay and just then his friend the sailor came to get him I guess you've been here long enough mapo said the sailor you might get hurt down here with all these big elephants mapo was glad enough to go not that he felt afraid of the elephants but he knew that one of them might by accident fall on him and an elephant is so large and heavy that when he falls on a monkey there's not much left of them a little chap goodbye tum tum call mapo to his big friend I'll come and see you when the storm is over all right answer tum tum and they hope the storm will be soon over or I don't like it the ship was swinging too and fro like a rocking chair on the front porch when the wind blows but finally the elephants became used to it and some of them could even sleep but tum tum stayed awake there might be some danger he thought to himself and if there was I could warn the others I'm the leader I must always be on the watch for danger just as mr boom would be if he were here but I'm glad to say no more danger came to the ship I rode safely through the storm and in a few days it was gliding swiftly over the blue sea what will happen to us when the ship stops sailing asked tum tum of the old elephant who seems to know so much after it gets to the other side of the ocean said the old elephant we shall be taken out we and all the animals then we shall go to the circus is the circus nice asked tum tum I've been in one or two and I like them said the old elephant whose name was hoy there's hard work but there's also fun tell me about the fun said tum tum I do not like to hear about the hard work the work goes with the fun said hoy so I will tell you about both the hard work comes in marching through the hard city streets that hurts your feet that is when we go on parade I know for I have been in many parades but it is fun too where we elephants have a little house on our backs and men and women ride in it then the bands play and the people laugh and shout to see us pass by that's fun and then the old elephant who has been sent to make the voyage in the ships so they might keep the new wild elephants quiet shut his eyes as he thought of the circus days is the other hard work asked tum tum oh a great deal said hoy you will have to push heavy wagons about with your head and lift heavy poles as you did in the lumber yard when you came from the jungle and then you will have to do tricks in the circus ring what are tricks asked tum tum tricks are what I call hard work but they make the people in the circus laugh answered hoy you will have to stand on your head turn some assault and do many things like that now tell me about the fun baked tum tum yes there is some fun spoke hoy slowly you will get nice hay to eat and water to drink and the children in the circus will give you popcorn balls and peanuts also you will wear a fine blanket all gold and spangled when you march around the ring in the tent but now i'm tired and i want to go to sleep so the old elephant slept and tum tum stood there swaying back and forth in the ship wondering whether he would like a circus it took several weeks for the ship to make the journey from the jungle to the circus land and during that period mappo the merry monkey came down to see tum tum several times i'm going to be in the circus also said mappo when one day tum tum spoke of the big show under the white tent are you asked the jolly elephant that will be nice we'll see each other and will you take care of me so the tiger won't get me asked mappo and you guys shall cry tum tum through his big trunk alas the day came when the ship reached her dock and the animals were taken out the chains were loose from their legs of tum tum and the other elephants and they were hoisted up from the lower part of the ship and allowed to go ashore tum tum was glad of it he was tired of the water but his journey was not over for with the others he was put in a railroad car and hauled by an engine last however he reached a big wooden building and the old elephant hoy said this is where the circus stays in winter now you will begin to have hard work and also fun well thought tum tum as with the other elephants he marched toward the big barn like building if there is enough fun i shall not mind the hard work then as he felt rather jolly after getting out of the big freight car tum tum picked up a piece of stick from the ground and began tickling other elephants in the ribs with it oompa oompa oompa trumpet this elephant this was his way of saying hi there what are you doing stop it only that's only in fun laugh tum tum well my ribs are too sore to want that kind of fun the other elephant said now you just quit but tum tum was so jolly that he wanted more fun so he took another elephant this elephant instead of speaking to tum tum just reached over with her long trunk pulled one of tum tum's leg out from under him and down he went in a heap ha maybe you like that kind of fun cried the elephant who had made tum tum fall it didn't hurt me said tum tum as he got up but after that he was careful not to play any jokes on the elephants it was very cold in this new land to which tum tum had come where it was winter it was not at all like his green hot jungle and he was glad when he was led with the other elephants into the big barn where the circus stayed in winter end of chapter four recording by kennis sergeant gagan chapter five of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this reliever box recording is in the public domain recording by kennis sergeant gagan chapter five tum tum and don well this certainly is a funny place thought tum tum the jolly elephant as he looked about him and well might he say so he found himself inside a large barn which was nice and warm and for this tum tum was glad for it felt more like the warmth of his jungle and tum tum who had been shivering in the cold outer air now felt much better the earth and floor of the barn was covered with sawdust and all around the sides of the barn were cages containing many animals there were lions and tigers and wolves leopards monkeys snakes and many other strange beasts some of which tum tum had seen in his jungle home and some of which he had never seen before i suppose this is where mappa will be put thought tum tum as he looked at the cages full of lively little monkeys then tum tum looked and saw a number of elephants chained in a row on one side of the circus barn and he knew this would be his place opening out of the big barn was a smaller one and there were many horses and ponies there were many men in the circus barn they all seemed to be doing something some were carrying pails of water to the animals other were feeding haze of the elephants and meat to the lions tigers and spotted leopards tum tum did not care for meat but he was very hungry for some of the juicy green leaves that grew on trees in his jungle as he could get none of those now he had the dry hay and very good that tasted too he'd grown to like it on board the ship bring the elephants over here called one of the circus men to another and tum tum felt himself being led along by a man who had a stick with a hook in the end of it but the man did not stick to hook in tum tum because tum tum was good and gentle now tum tum though he had been a wild elf in a jungle only a few weeks before had learned many things since he had been caught he learned that men were his friends and would not hurt him though they made him do what they wanted to do and ordered him about as though he were a little dog instead of a big strong elephant the men did not seem to be afraid of tum tum though he was a little afraid of them especially when they carried sharp hooks come along cried the man who was leading tum tum and the others and over to one side of the circus barn they went to be chained by a leg to a very strong stake driven into the ground meet them up well said the first man and then we'll see about putting them through some tricks ha thought tum tum so the tricks are to begin soon are they i wonder what kind i shall do and whether i shall like them or not tum tum waited anxiously to see what would happen next what did happen was that he got something to eat and a little treat in the bargain from a big pile of hay that was given him there was some long pointed yellow things uh what are those as tum tum avoid the big team elephant who had been in the circus before they are carrots at hoy are they good to eat asked tum tum try and see anchotoy with a twinkle in his little eyes he was eating yellow carrots as fast as he could tum tum took one little bite holding a carrot in his trunk and as soon as he chewed on it he knew that he liked carrots very much ha that is certainly good he said to hoy i wish I had carrots every day oh boy you won't get him every day said the old elephant they're just special give you feeling jolly so you will learn your tricks more easily well I feel pretty jolly anyhow said tum tum how do any tricks I can he did not know yet all that was to happen to him before he learned to do his tricks tum tum has been in a circus nearly a week before he was taught any tricks and that week he had plenty to eat and good water to drink some of which he spurred it over himself with his trunk that was his way of taking a bath you see and one day some circus men came to where tum tum was chained and one of them said now we'll take out this big elephant and teach him some tricks get hoy so he'll show tum tum what we want done ha so now the tricks begin cry tum tum to hoy yes and you want to watch out as I do as you are told or you may not like it said hoy tum tum and the old elephant well led to the middle of the circus ring the chains were taken off tum tum's legs but a rope was put around one of his front ones and he wondered what that was for and tum tum and hoy stood there in line with some other big elephants already now a cry to circus men snapping his long whip stand up hoy raised himself on his hind legs lifting his trunk high in the air do as I do do as I do call hoy to tum tum stand up on your hind legs I can't answer tum tum who tried but he found he could not then a funny thing happened all of a sudden tum tum found his front legs and had been pulled up in the air by a rope and before he knew it he was standing on his hind legs whether he wanted to or not the circus men had pulled on the end of the rope which ran through a pulley hoisting tum tum in the air that was the way they had of teaching him to stand up several times tum tum was set down to the ground and hauled up again each time he was pulled up the circus men would call out stand up on your hind legs stand up on your hind legs is this a trick asked tum tum of hoy who do not have to have a rope around him to pull him up yes it is one trick answered the old elephant there are many more though to learn tum tum beginning to be tired of being hauled up this way so were some of the other elephants and one of them tried to break loose but he was hit with a rope and squeal so that none of the others tried to get away now then take off the ropes and we'll see how many have learned their lessons that the head circus man now's your chance to show how smart you are whispered holly to tum tum when he tells you to stand up next time do it all by yourself then you'll learn this one trick oh i'll try promised tum tum the elephant stood in a row the head circus man cracked his whip and called up on your hind legs tum tum gave a little spring and raised his front legs from the ground he settled back on his strong hind legs and there he was doing just as hoy was doing tum tum learned his first lesson just as he had learned to pile teakwood logs and straight piles ha we have one smart fellow in a bunch anyhow cried the circus man tum tum was glad when he heard this just as you would be if you had learned your lesson in school first it is a good thing to learn to do things even for an elephant but if tum tum thought he would get a rest after that he had shown that he could do the trick without being hauled up by a rope he was sadly mistaken over and over he had to do this trick until he felt tired large and strong as he was some of the elephants could stand up on their hind legs for a second or so and then they fell down again they were made to practice again with ropes but no ropes were needed for tum tum well that's enough one day said the head circus man finally give them all some carrots with their hay tomorrow we shall try having them stand on their front legs will that be a harder as tum tum of hoy as he marched to the side of the barn where the elephants were kept oh much harder said the old elephant but i think you can do it i'll try anyhow said tum tum with a jolly laugh i think tricks are fun standing on his front legs with his hind ones in the air was not as funny as he had thought in the first place he had to start with the rope and before he knew it it was hind legs were pulled out from under him by the circus man and tum tum was almost standing on his head boy ballons himself does as he told the other elephants and soon tum tum could do it very well when this practice was over and when tum tum could stand on either his front or hind legs without being pulled up by a rope he was given more carrots to eat tum tum can now do two tricks but as you children know who have seen elephants at a circus there are many others that can be done elephants can be made to sit down in a long strong chair they can be made to stand on top of a small tub to play seesaw to ring bells play hand organs with their trunk and do many other queer things that never thought of doing in the jungle while i've seen elephants fire cannons wave flags and play baseball elephants are very wonderful and very wise and lively for such big animals as the winter days went by tum tum learned many tricks in the circus he learned to stand with the other elephants in a long row and let the acrobats jump over him he also let the clown jump right on his broad back tum tum learned to do a little dance too but he never danced as well as the ponies could but tum tum was very heavy tum tum also learned how to walk across and kneel down over his master who lay flat on the sawdust and though tum tum with his big body came very close to the man he never touched him if tum tum had even stepped or even with one foot on the man he would have hurt him very much but tum tum was very careful one day when spring was near at hand and when it was nearly time for the circus to travel on the road from one town to the other tum tum was out in front of the barn helping push some of the big circus wagons about he pushed them with his strong head all at once tum tum felt something bite him on the hind leg and he heard a barking noise such as monkeys sometimes make is that you mappo asked tum tum quickly he could not turn around for he was pushing the wagons uphill oh wow wow wow wow wow was a barking answer and tum tum felt his legs nipped again stop that mappo if you please said a big ol' him please don't do that when i'm pushing this wagon but tum tum's leg was bitten again and he cried mappo i shall squeeze you with my trunk if you don't out let me alone i like a joke as well as you do but it's no fun to have your legs nipped when you're pushing a heavy wagon stop it wow wow wow wow wow came the answer doesn't sound exactly like mappo said tum tum i wonder who it can be when tum tum had pushed the wagon to the top of the hill he could turn around then instead of seeing merry little monkey he saw a big black and white dog who was barking and nipping at his heels oh so did you huh asked tum tum who are you and why are you biting me my name is don barked a dog and i'm biting you to drive you away i'm afraid you might hurt my master i never saw such an animal as you with two tails and don barked louder than before i once more tried to bite the elephant's feet here don don call the man's voice come away from that elephant wow wow barked on i'm going to bite him oh are you asked tum tum and with that he reached out with his trunk caught don around the middle and lifted him high in the air don did not bark now he howls in fear end of chapter five recording by kena sergeant gagan chapter number six of tum tum the jolly elephant by rigid barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain according by kena sergeant gagan chapter six tum tum and the wagon please let me down oh please do bait don the dog of tum tum the jolly elephant as a big creature from the jungle held the dog up high in the air tum tum did not feel so very jolly just then he did not want to hurt don but neither did the elephant like to be nipped on his hind legs when he was pushing a wagon oh the elephant has our dog cried a boy who is with the man who had called after don oh papa he will hurt him no tum tum wouldn't hurt anyone said the circus man i'll get your dog back for you but you must be careful of elephants after this oh we never saw one before said the boy's father all this while tum tum told him don high in the air in his trunk oh won't you let me down beg don i will if you won't bark at me again and bite me said tum tum i don't want to hurt you doggie boy but i can't have you bothering me when i'm doing my circus work oh i'll be good i'll be good promised don and with that tum tum lowered him gently to the ground uncoiled his trunk from around don's middle and the dog ran howling to his master and the boy don what made you bite the elephant asked the boy don only barked gently in answer you cannot speak man or boy talk you know any more than an elephant could though he understood it very well i told you the elephant wouldn't hurt you dog said the circus man tum tum is very gentle don crept behind his master and looked at tum tum the elephant walked down to get another wagon to push up hill as all the circus horses were too busy to pull it wow wow barked the dog but this time he was talking to tum tum and not barking angrily at him are you an elephant asked don and his own language which the elephant understood very well yes i am an elephant said tum tum and you have two tails went on don almost anyone who sees an elephant for the first time thinks that no i have only one tail tum tum answered the front thing is my trunk or long nose i breathe through it pick up things to eat in it and squirt water through it my it's very useful isn't it asked on wagging his tail indeed it is said tum tum the elephant and the dog were fast becoming friends now and we're talking together though the boy and his father and the circus men did not know this then was it your trunk that you picked me up and asked on of the elephant yes replied tum tum and i'm sorry if i frightened you oh well that's all right answered on i'm all right now and i suppose i did the wrong thing to bark at you and bite i'm sorry but all excuses said tum tum but what's your name and where do you live oh my name is don and i live on a farm answer the dog we have a comical little pig on our farm named squinty did you ever see him i think not answer tum tum you see i haven't been in this country very long and did you bring the pig to the circus oh gracious no bark don he had to stay home in his pen but my master his boy and i came to see you elephants and other circus animals only i never knew what an elephant was like before well now you know said tum tum so you see you won't bark or bite the next one you see indeed i shall not said don i have to bark at squinty the comical pig once in a while when he gets out of the pen and once i took hold of his ear and my teeth i hope you didn't hurt him said tum tum no i wouldn't do that for the world said don and those of you who have read about squinty the comical pig know how kind don was to him so he came to see the circus went on tum tum to don as a dog's master and his boy looked about at the strange sites yes so i didn't exactly know what a circus is said don well this is the start of it tum tum said there are our winter quarters soon we shall start out on the road and live in a tent then i shall do my tricks the children the people will laugh and shout and give me popcorn balls and peanuts oh yum yum and tum tum smacked his lips because he thought of the good things he was going to eat a little later on can you do tricks asked on indeed i can't agree many the elephant said i can stand on my hind feet so and up he rose in the air until a little short tail dangles on the ground anything else asked on that's a good trick let me see you do another look right tum tum and this time he stood on his front legs and raised his hind ones in the air that's harder to do says the jolly often i should think so agree don i'm going to try it myself don did try but when he went to stand on his front legs he fell over and bumped his nose and we tried to stand up on his hind legs he fell over backwards and bumped his head i i i guess i can't do it he said to tum tum it needs much practice to do it well spoke the jolly often here tum tum called one of the circusmen this is no time to be doing tricks come on and help push some more of these wagons and the circus is ever going to start on a road to give shows in the tent we must start soon come push some of these wagons with your big strong head i have to go now said tum tum to don the dog where they were now good friends i may see you again sometime well i hope you will spoke don your circus is coming to our town i know with the barns on the farms over pasted with posters and bills then i may see you when you get here said tum tum as he walked slowly forward to push the wagon pointed out by the circus man that is how don and tum tum became acquainted as the dog went off with his master and the boy he parked a goodbye to the hometown scene if you come near our place i'll show you a squinty the comical pig one eye is wide open and the other partly shut he must be a funny chap said tum tum the big jolly often pushed into place the heavy wagon then it was dinnertime but as tum tum was eating his hay and carrots in the animal tent where he was kept in that now that the weather was warmer all the ones tum tum heard a loud shouting look out for that wagon the tiger cage wagon is rolling downhill will turn over be smashed and the tiger will get out stop that wagon somebody tum tum heard this shouting and looked out of the side of his tent he saw a big red and gold wagon rushing down the hill backwards oh i must stop that wagon said tum tum end of chapter six recording by kenna sergeant gagan chapter seven of tum tum the jolly often by richard barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain recording by kenna sergeant gagan chapter seven tum tum looks for mapo tum tum the jolly often pulled hard on the chain it held his big leg to a stake driven into the ground he wanted to get loose so he could stop the wagon from rolling downhill maybe upsetting and letting the big tiger out i know i can stop the wagon if i only take this chain off my leg so i can get out there thought tum tum as he pulled and tugged at the chain and peg outside the tent men were running and shouting some of them tried to put stones in the way of the wagon wheels but the tiger's cage was so heavy they're all right over the stones the tiger was frightened and angry and he growled and snarled until you would have thought he was back in the jungle again let me loose let me loose trumpeted tum tum threw his trunk as he waved it up and throw of course none of the circus men could understand this language but tum tum's keeper knew what the big elephant meant the keeper came running into the tent tum tum he cried i believe you can stop that wagon stop the tiger cage get in front of it and push on it with your big head that will stop it from rolling downhill i will i will say tum tum only of course he spoke an elephant language that the keeper soon took the chain off tum tum's leg and the big elephant rushed out of the tent and tore the rolling wagon none of the men had yet been able to stop it and it was halfway down the hill now going faster and faster inside the tiger was growling and snarling louder than ever and trying to break out through the iron bars look out he'll get away cried mapo who had run and jumped inside the cage with the other monkeys oh sharp tooth will get loose no one said tum tum who is now going toward the tiger cage as fast as he could don't be afraid mapo the elephant went on for he knew monkeys are very very much afraid of tigers i will let him get you mapo said tum tum onrush the big elephant toward the rolling cage he got in front of it and then he stood still in the middle of the hill waiting for the tiger's cage on wheels to roll down to him look out tum tum or it will hit you shattered mapo that's what i wanted to do said tum tum but it can't hurt me as my head is so big and strong now you watch me on came the tiger's cage tum tum stood there ready to let it bump into him his legs were spread far apart so he would not be knocked over bang that was a tiger's cage hitting tum tum on the head out he holds a big elephant through his trunk where he thought it did not hurt him much he felt a little pain and he stood there and pushed so hard on the big wagon that it could not roll down the hill anymore instead it began to roll back up the hill as tum tum pushed on it that's the way to do it tum tum cried the elephant's keeper i knew you could do it come on now old fella with the cage right back where it belongs so tum tum did tune the tiger's cage was in line with those of the other lions wolves bears and other animals ready for the circus to begin oh but i'm glad this tiger didn't get loose said mapo to tum tum i was so afraid why were you afraid the big elephant wanted to know oh because sharp tooth the tiger does not like me i'm sure he would bite me if he got loose why would he do that ask tum tum because i would not let him out of his cage when he and i were caught in the jungle answered the monkey then he told about the time sharp tooth had tried to get out of his cage never fear mapo said tum tum i'll not let sharp tooth hurt you as long as i'm around oh thank you said mapo for several days after this the circus went from town to town traveling after dark each night so as to be ready to give a show in the next daytime one day sharp tooth the tiger spoke to tum tum as the elephant was passing his cage why did you stop my wagon from rolling down hill tum tum asked the tiger because i didn't want to see it smashed and see you thrown out sharp tooth the answer tum tum but that is just what i wanted it to do get out spoke to tiger i wanted to get loose i'm tired of staying in this cage but if you get out you might bite somebody went on tum tum yes that is just what i would do growl the tiger i would bite and scratch until the man would be glad to let me go back to my jungle again i'm mad at you for not letting my cage run on if you had i would now be free i'm glad you're not free said tum tum as he looked at sharp tooth and the sharp claws of the tiger and thought of little mapo and i'm mad at you and i'm going to stay mad so the tiger he sulked in his cage tum tum was not very much afraid of the tiger now even though he knew the bad animal might someday get loose and scratch him i don't believe sharp tooth will ever get out said tum tum to himself the big elephant had good times in the circus he had to do only a few tricks in the afternoon and some more in the evening then the rest of time he could eat or sleep except when the circus moved from place to place then he would have to help the other elephants push the heavy wagons up on the railroad trains but tum tum didn't mind this what he liked best of all was to stand in the animal tent before and after his trick performance and watch the children and grown people come to look at him and the other animals some of the little children seemed afraid of the elephants but when tum tum saw one of the frightened little tots he would just put out his trunk and gently stroke the other little boy or girl so as to show how gentle he was then the frightened one's mother or father would say see the elephant will not hurt you come give him some peanuts or a popcorn ball then the children would hand tum tum a peanut and tum tum would eat it with a twinkle in his little eyes of course tum tum would much rather have a whole bag full of peanuts at time for he could put them all in his mouth and more at once still tum tum was glad enough to get single peanuts at a time and though it was hard work to chew a single one in his big mouth just as it would be hard for you to chew just one grain of sugar still tum tum was very polite and he never refused to take the single peanuts a big ball of popcorn makes something pretty good to chew on said tum tum to one of the elephants chain near him i like that don't you indeed i do the elephant said we never got anything as nice as popcorn and peanuts in the jungle did we no answered tum tum thinking of the days in the dense jungle tum tum wondered what had become a mr boom and where his father and mother and other elephant friends might be i still suppose they're back in the lumber yard pining up teakwood logs thought tum tum i'm glad i'm in the circus even if i did have to be pulled up with a rope to make me learn how to stand on my head and my hind legs tum tum could do many other tricks besides these now and he was such a jolly old elephant always doing as he was told without any grumbling that all the circus men liked him there was any hard work to do or any trick that none of the elephants could go through tum tum was sure to be called on he was the smartest of all the elephants his keeper would say and this made tum tum feel very proud and happy one day there was much excitement in the animal and at first tum tum thought maybe the tiger got loose again or that another big cage had rolled down hill with one of the animals men rushed in and called out something tum tum knew it was not that one of the monkeys is missing said one trainer to another it's map of the smart one ha is that so asked the other how did he get loose he must have slipped out of his cage when we were on the road come we're going to find him i know a good way he said the keeper of tum tum i shall take my elephant with me my elephant that monkey mapo were good friends if mapo sees tum tum he will be glad to come back so we will take tum tum to hunt mapo ha that's good thought tum tum as he listened soon the hunt for mapo began many of the circus men started from the wood to look for the lost monkey tum tum went back also with his keeper right in on his back i wonder if we will find mapo thought tum tum end of chapter seven recording by kennis sergeant gagan chapter eight of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this little box recording is in the public domain recording by kennis sergeant gagan chapter eight tum tum and the fire through the woods near the circus town went to men looking for lost mapo they wanted to get back the monkey because he was such a good one to do tricks and because the children like to see him ride on the back of a dog or a pony and jump through the paper covered hoops we must find mapo cried the keeper who had him in charge mapo had ran away as i have told you in the book about his adventures because he was afraid sharp tooth the big tiger would get loose and bite him in the woods he had many wonderful adventures he met slick oh the jumping girl squirrel about whom i have told you and also squinty the comical pig mapo likes squinty the pig very much for squinty was a nice little chap on and on when tum tumed in the men looking for the lost monkey after the search had gone on for several hours mapo was walking along through the woods with squinty saw the circus man coming after him here's where i had to run and hide said mapo why couldn't squinty the comical pig because the circus men are after me look and the monkey chap pointed through the woods to where could be seen some of the men in red coat oh look at that funny animal with two tails cried squinty i'd be afraid of him you wouldn't need to be said mapo that is only tum tum the elephant and he's very jolly he would not hurt a fly i guess he's looking for me because i don't want to go back to the circus yet i'll go off in the woods and hide and i guess i'll go hide too said squinty for he also had ran away but not from a circus he had run away from his pen at the farm the farm where don the dog lived so mapo hurried off to climb a tall tree as tum tum went along through the bushes he saw a little monkey friend hey there's mapo said tum tum to himself and he hurried on through the woods wait a minute mapo called tum tum in an animal language but mapo would not wait and tum tum could not tell the circus men with him that the lost monkey was just ahead of them tum tum could not speak man talk you know and the circus men had not yet seen mapo so the little monkey got away tum tum saw a little animal with mapo and the elephant said to himself ha that must be squinty the comical pig of whom don the dog told me i would like to meet squinty but i don't see how i can he can run through these woods faster than i can well maybe i will see him someday and i'll do hope mapo come back to the circus it'll be lonesome without him but mapo had many adventures before he came back to the circus well it gets us no use hunting for him many more said one of the circus men that monkey has gotten far away we'd better go back to the tents yes and i think we had said the man who was riding on the back of tum tum the elephant knew that mapo was not so far off but tum tum had no way of telling his keeper about it back to the circus when tum tum and another monkey had to do tricks that mapo used to do in the performance that day what happened there sharp toothed the tiger of tum tum as the elephant went past the cage of that striped beast where did you go a little while ago now looking for mapo the monkey answered tum tum did he run away asked the tiger yes i guess he was afraid you would bite him and so i would if i could get him snarl the tiger he has a blame for me being set up in this cage tum tum said nothing or he didn't want to get in a quarrel with the tiger day after day went past in the circus and still mapo did not come back sometimes sometimes it was lonesome for his little monkey friend but there was so much to do that no one in the circus could be lonesome for very long at a time tum tum was learning some new tricks and this took up much of his time each day he was growing bigger and stronger but he was not a very old elephant when he had been caught in the jungle now he was very strong and could easily have pushed two heavy animal cages at once he was the strongest elephant in the whole circus one day when the circus was going along the road from one town to another one of the wagons had become stuck fast enough for it to rain in the night it was a wagon in which rode the hippopotamus with his big red mouth that he could open so wide why the whole circus procession had to stop or at least all the wagons behind the hippopotamus's cage had to stop as they could not get past bring up some elephants and have them pull the hippos cage out of the mud cried the head circus man he called them hippo for short you see up came the two big elephants and chains were put about their nicks made fast to the hippopotamus's wagon now pole cried the circus man and the elephants strained and pulled as hard as they could but the wagons did not move out of the mud pole harder cried the circus man and he cracked his long whip but he did not hit the elephants with it but no matter how hard the elephants pulled they could not pull the hippopotamus wagon out of the mud well what are we going to do ask the head circus man we can't stay here all day suppose you let my elephant tum tum try to pull the wagon out of the mud said tum tum's keeper my elephant is very strong ha but is he as strong as two elephants asked the head circus man oh i think so said the keeper let us try but tum tum can push better than he can pull so i shall put him in the back of the wagon and let him push it out of the mud with its head let some of them and steer the wagon in front when tum tum pushes from behind very well we shall try said the head circus man the ten horses who pulled the hippopotamus wagon have been unhitched when the two elephants tried to pull it now the two elephants were led to one side and tum tum came up ha he thinks he can push that wagon out of the mud when we two could not pull it said one elephant to another yes he's very proud spoke the other tum tum heard them no i'm not proud said tum tum and i'm not sure that i can push the wagon out of the mud but i'm going to try his keeper let him up in the back of the hippopotamus wagon it was very large and heavy and it settled far down in the soft mud of the road the hippo was still in it and hippo was very heavy himself weighing as much as two tons of coal the circus man could not let the hippo out of his cage because it was rather wild that might have ran away or made trouble so they had to leave him in now tum tum you have some hard work ahead of you said his trainer as he led the elephant up behind the wagon let me see if you can push this out of the mud hole bum bum wanted tum tum through his trunk that was his way of saying that he would do his best tum tum went close up to the wagon and stuck his four big feet well down in the mud to brace himself then he put his large head against the wagon and began to push tum tum took a long breath and then he pushed and pushed and pushed some more oh he can never do it said one of the two elephants who had tried to pull the wagon indeed he cannot spoke the other wait and see granted tum tum i have not finished yet so he pushed harder and harder his head was hurting him and his feet were slipping in the mud of the road still he kept on pushing i don't believe your elephant can do it said one of the circus man we'd better hitch up about four of them to the wagon no let tum tum try once more i'm sure he can do it spoke the elephant's kind keeper when tum tum heard this he felt himself swell up inside it was as though he had a new strength i will push that wagon he said to himself i will push it out of the mud then he took another long breath and pushed with all his might on the wagon now it's going cried tum tum slowly at first and then faster the big hippopotamus wagon rolled out of the mud and onto firm ground there it goes cried a circus man hurray tum tum has done it shouted another i told you he was strong said tum tum's keeper he surely has spoke to head circus man but it never thought he could push that wagon tum tum had not thought so for himself but even an elephant never knows what he can do until he tries ha i suppose he thinks he's smart because he pushed a wagon we couldn't said one of the two elephants of the other yes the second one but if they'd given us another chance we would have done it too but i don't believe they could and tum tum do not think he was smart either he only felt that he had done what he had been told to do even though it was hard work and it did hurt his head so the hippopotamus wagon was pushed out of the mud and the circus procession went on down the road but not long after that that something else happened to tum tum the elephant seemed to be having many adventures since he came from the jungle the circus had gone on and on showing in many different places tum tum when each place had looked to see if map out come back but the little monkey had not perhaps he was still off in the woods with squinty the comical pig it was a very hot day and the animals in their cages and the elephants camels and horses and their tents had hard work to get a cool breeze or find any fresh air to breathe in the west were some black clouds that looked as though they would bring a thunderstorm just before the show began tum tum was taken out of the tent to help push some of the heavy wagons into place oh look at the elephant cries some boys who had no money to go inside and see the show they were glad to see even an elephant tum tum finishes work of pushing the wagons into place and his trainer let him toward a big tub filled with water for he knew his pet elephant would want to drink as it was so hot near the water tub stood a peanut wagon and the smell of the roasting peanuts made tum tum hungry for some but he knew the children in the circus would soon give him plenty all of a sudden some boys who were trying to get closer to tum tum ran into the peanut wagon and tipped it over all that was the red hot charcoal that kept the peanuts warm spilled out and the wagon and some store near had caught fire my place fire fire cried to peanut man oh somebody put out the fire where all my peanuts will be burned up tum tum look at the fire and wondered if he could help put it out end of chapter eight recording by kena sergeant gaegan chapter nine of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain recording by kena sergeant gaegan chapter nine tum tum and the balloons come away tum tum cried the elephant's keeper i don't want you getting all excited about a fire and maybe get burned few peanuts are not worth it well that some of the tent men put out the fire come on but tum tum did not want to go away from the fire he was not much afraid of it most wild animals are afraid of fire but tum tum was tame now and he knew that though fire burns it also does good in cooking food even for animals besides tum tum had seen so much of fire since he had come to the circus and had seen so many flaring lamps of the night performances that he was not afraid of just a blazing peanut wagon i'm sure to see all those peanuts burned up thought tum tum i wonder if i can say them maybe i'll get some for myself if i do tum tum thought quickly there was a great deal of excitement around him the straw was now blazing in many places and the peanuts and the wagon were all in flames come away tum tum called his keeper fire fire fire yelled the peanut man bring water here somebody shouted another man get a pal get a pal one of the boys yelled call out the fire engine said another but tum tum knew a better way than that his drug was just like a hose of only of course not so long he could suck up full of water and squirt it out again just like a popcorn shoots out a cork and that was what tum tum did he put his trunk into the tub of water and sucked up as much as he could then tum tum aimed his trunk right at the blazing peanut wagon and the straw whoosh went to order his tum tum squirted it out of his trunk on the fire it splattered this with the fire like an angry snake ha that's the way to do it tum tum cried his keeper you know how to put out a fire that's the way you're good as a fire engine yourself tum tum didn't answer in the first place he could not talk to his keeper except an elephant talk which the circus man did not understand and in the second place tum tum was going to suck up more water in his hose but the fire was not quite out yet and you know it is hard to talk when you have your nose full of water he made a fear an elephant whoosh went more water from tum tum's trunk on the blazing peanut wagon and straw his went the fire again as it felt the wet water fire does not like water you know once more tum tum one more trunk full and you'll have the fire out cried the elephant keeper tum tum dipped his trunk into the tub of water and spurred it down the fire this time the fire went out completely tum tum had made it so wet with the water from his trunk that it could no longer burn oh what a smart elephant cried the peanut man he saved my wagons from burning up i must give him some peanuts a few of the peanuts were burned but there were plenty left and though some of them tasted a little like smoke tum tum did not mind that he chewed several bags full of shells and all and he was hungry for more but now it was time to go back into the circus tent and have his hands some blankets put on him to take his place in the procession the boys one of whom had actually upset the peanut wagon looked at tum tum eagerly say he's a smart elephant all right he cried that's what he has said another i'd like to have him huh what would you do with an elephant asked his friend an elephant would eat a ton of hay a day would he sure he would but then i don't want an elephant said the boy i guess a dog is good enough for me dog can eat old bones he doesn't eat a ton of hay a day the boys helped the peanut man turn his wagon right side up and they also helped them gather the scattered peanuts then the man builds another fire and went around the tent selling his peanuts tum tum you are getting smarter and smarter each states at his keeper as he let him back to get ready for the parade i am proud of you you're the best elephant in the circus tum tum heard what was said of him but he only flapped his big ears they were nearly the size of washed up then he stood in line with his companions and ate the peanuts and popcorn balls the children fed to him over the rope i suppose tum tum will be so stuck up and proud that he won't want to speak to us after he's done so many wonderful things said one of the jealous elephants he pushed the wagon out of the mud now he's put out a peanut wagon fire and some elephants have all the luck in the world tum tum's eyes twinkled but he said nothing he just ate the popcorn balls and peanuts but it was not at all proud or stuck up tum tum would announce that their gentle tame elephant the children could ride on his back at first some of the circus performers who had their children with them let him get up on tum tum and when his keeper found that tum tum did not mind some of the boys and girls who came to see the show each day were out to ride up and down the tent they went on tum tum's back sitting in the little house that was strapped fast to his back tum tum was led about by his keeper when the children left road and very glad tum tum was given the boys and girls his fun for he liked children very much tum tum would have been very glad of mapo the merry monkey had come back too right on his back as he did sometimes but mapo was far away where tum tum did not know nearly every day something happened to tum tum in the circus every day he saw new faces new boys and girls and once in a while he did some new tricks he had enough to eat a good place to sleep he did not have to work very hard and best of all he was in no danger so although tum tum liked the circus life much better than he liked being in the jungle still now and then he would wish himself back in the cool dark woods smashing through the thick bushes and breaking down or pulling up big trees by their roots in the circus were some men from india where tum tum had worked in the lumber yard piling up secret logs and these indians could talk to language spoken in india the man language tum tum had first learned he'd like to have them come over to see him rubbish trunk and talk to him in their queer words one day another adventure happened at tum tum he was out in front of the circus tent after he'd helped roll some of the heavy animal wagons into place when he saw some children with their papa coming to the circus oh papa cried a little boy couldn't we ride on the elephant's back and he was so excited this little boy was that he danced up and down with his red balloons all the children have these toy balloons but why don't believe you could ride on the elephant's back says the little boy's papa they can if you will let them sit tum tum's keeper my elephant is very kind and gentle and many children ride in him i'll hold them on if you are willing oh let his papa cried a little girl all right i don't mind he said tum tum who led close to a wagon from which the children could easily get into the little house on his back and then they sat with their papa and keeper and around the circus grounds they went it was not yet time for the show and tum tum did not have to go in oh what a lovely ride cried a little boy when it was over thank you so much tum tum was glad the children had enjoyed it then as the boy and girls got down from the elephant's back their toy balloon slipped out of their hands and floated off through the air oh there goes my balloon cried a little girl and there goes mine too cried a little boy oh papa never mind i'll get you some others said the man i'd rather have that one little boy said half crying i would too added his sister just said in the wind blew the two balloons into the top of a tall tree it was a tall slender tree too little for anyone to climb up or put a ladder against oh now we can never get our balloons up the little girl as the toys bobbed about in the wind the strings fast to a tree branch and tum tum made up his vine and just as he had done as a peanut fire i get those balloons back for the children thought the big kind jolly elephant end of chapter nine recording by kennis sergeant gagan chapter 10 of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain recording by kennis sergeant gagan chapter 10 tum tum and the lemonade the little boy and girl who had ridden on the back of tum tum the jolly elephant stretched up their hands toward the balloons that had caught in the tree they even got up again into the little house and standing up tried to reach their floating toys sit down sit down call their father yes you might fall said tum tum strainer who was also riding in the little house on the elephant back but we went our balloons cried the little boy yes our nice toy balloon said the little girl and there were tears in her eyes tum tum felt sorry for her he did not like to see little girls cry i must get those balloons back for them tum tum said to himself over and over again i'll get you other balloons said the children's papa again trying to make them feel happier but the boys and girls wanted the same balloons they had had in the first place now mappa were only here i thought tum tum he could easily climb up that tree even if it is slender one and will easily bend for mappa was not very heavy and he could go away up to the top of the tree but no one else can and none of the monkeys but mappa was smart enough to do it so how'd they get the balloons myself and how do you think tum tum did it of course he could not climb a tree no elephant could climb even if it were a big tree but tum tum was very strong and just as he had done often in the jungle he wrapped his long rubbery hose light nose or trunk around the tree here tum tum what are you doing call this keeper boom boom boom boom tum tum answered that meant he just watched me if you please and you'll see then tum tum just pulled and pulled his heart on that tree and up he pulled it by the roots right out of the ground the big y'all have been pulled the tree and then holding it in his trunk he tipped it over so the top branches were close to the children on his back and tangled in the branches were the cords of the toy balloons that still bobbed about oh look cried the boy here are our balloon sister oh so they are exclaimed little girl oh what a good elephant he is to get our balloons back for us i should say he was cried the father that is a smart elephant you have he said to the keeper yes tum tum is very good and smart said the circus man who reached over loosened the strings of the balloons from the tree branch and gave the ends of the cords to the children now you may let go of the tree tum tum the man said to the elephant and tum tum dropped the tree on the ground oh papa the elephant was so good to us can't we buy him a bag of peanuts asked the little girl oh i guess i answered her father with a laugh and maybe i buy him some popcorn balls asked the boy oh yes but i hope tum tum doesn't become ill from all that sweet stuff said the father oh i guess he won't he used to being fed by the chosen circus man said so when tum tum heard the boys and girls talking about getting good things for him to eat the big elephant felt very glad and he was such a big thought that it was nearly always hungry and no matter how many peanuts or popcorn balls he had he was always willing to eat more it was now nearly time for the circus to begin and tum tum was led back toward the tent the children still writing on his back holding tightly to the strings of their balloons they were not going to lose them a second time if they could help it near the tent was the same peanut man who stan had nearly burned up the time tum tum put out the blades with water from his trunk the boys and girls bought two bags full of peanuts from this man and from another man they bought popcorn balls these they fed to tum tum who reached out his trunk with him and put them in his mouth goodbye tum tum called the little girl to him waving one hand while the other she held her balloon really tight goodbye elephant called the little boy also waving his hand i'll see you in the circus he added tum tum waved his trunk he was too busy chewing popcorn and peanuts to speak even if he could have talked to the boy and girl language which he could not later on in the show tum tum as he went through his tricks saw the little boy and girl sitting near the ring with their father watching the animals and performers two or three days after that something else happened to tum tum and made him very happy he was in a tent after the show eating his hay and throwing dust over his back now and then to keep away the flies and mosquitoes when all of a sudden in came a monkey tum tum gave one look at the monkey and then another look why why cry tum tum in the elephant language that looks like mapo i am mapo cry the little chop oh don't let him get me let who get you cry tum tum what does the matter from mapo look very very frightened the hand organ man is after me chattered mapo and with that he gave a jump and landed right upon tum tum's broad back oh don't be afraid to the elephant no one will get you while i'm here mapo then in came the hand organ man after the monkey this is i have told you he did in the book about mapo but the circus man and tum tum would not let mapo go and tum tum looked so big and fierce and strong that the hand organ man was afraid to try to take mapo away so that is how mapo came back to the circus again after having many adventures he told tum tum all about them are you gonna run away again asked tum tum no i guess not answered mapo hanging by his tail tum tum was glad mapo had come back where the big elephant was lonely without his little friend and i guess mapo was also lonesome but tum tum at any rate they were as soon as good friends as before the show went from town to town and it was nearing the time for the circus season to be over then the animals will be taken back to the big barn there to stay all winter until spring and summer should come again one day a bad man came into the tent where the elephants were standing eating their hay and held out something in his hand tum tum and the other elephant stretched out their trunks where it seemed if the man had something good for them to eat and tum tum being the nearest reached it first the thing the man held out was in a bag and it smelled like peanuts in fact there were a few peanuts and shells in the big bag but besides that there were also some sour lemons which tum tum did not like at all but he chewed on them before he knew what they were not stopping to open the bag the bad man gave him as he felt the sour juice running down his throat tum tum gave a squeal he was angry at the man who had played this trick on him haha laughed the man i fooled you that time mr elephant how do you like lemons tum tum did not answer he just reached his trunk into his mouth and pulled out the sour stuff and threw it away the man laughed very hard at this mean trick and one of the keepers said to him you better look out elephants have good memories and if he ever gets near you why he can reach you you may be sorry for what you did oh i'm not afraid of an elephant cried the man with another laugh if ever i can reach that man with my trunk i'll make him wish he never gave in me those lemons thought tum tum but try as he did he cannot stretch himself far enough to reach the man where there were chains about the legs of the elephant later on that day and the same man came walking past the elephants in the animal tent after the circus was over i guess he had forgotten about the trick he played on but tum tum and the other elephants had not forgotten all of a sudden mago the elephants standing next to tum tum saw the bad man and reached out her trunk mago caught him around the waist and lifted him off his feet oh oh put me down oh elephant as me cried the man instantly there was great excitement in the animal tent the people yelled and the trainers came running over to see what was the matter they saw the man with the tie in the air and mago's trunk put him down put him down at once cried mago's keeper mago was not going to do that at once now is your chance tum tum said mago i'll hold this bad man who gave you lemons instead of peanuts and you can hit him with your trunk no i'll not do that said tum tum who was very gentle if i did i might hurt him for i strike very hard with my trunk but i'll fix him so he will not play any more tricks on elephants then tum tum dipped his trunk in a tub of water nearby and suddenly spurred it all over the man making him as wet as he had gone swimming oh my oh my dear oh stop it cried the man excitedly with the water squirting all over him let him down mago said tum tum with a queer little twinkle like a laughter in his eyes i guess he won't play any more tricks on us so mago sit down the dripping man who was glad enough to run away he did not once look back served you right for giving tum tum lemons to the keeper some elephants would have done worse than just squirt you with water one afternoon it was very hot in the circus it was so hot that the sides of the animal tent were lowered to let in the air but even at that it was not very cool oh you wish we were back in the jungle near some river where we could wade in and float until the sun went down asked mago of tum tum indeed i do was the answer but there's no use wishing doesn't seem so spoke mago and she fanned herself with her large ears in a way elephants have i wish i had something cool to drink went on mago yes a nice cool drink would be just fine said tum tum but i don't see where we are going to get it he went on then he happened to look over the side of the tent which have been let down though to allow the breeze come in but tum tum saw me and feel very good just outside the tent was a lemonade stand and on the ground by it was a big wash tub full of pink lemonade the kind they always sell at the circus tum tum stretch out his trunk and found that he could easily reach the pink lemonade i say mago called tum tum in an elephant whisper i know how to get a cool drink how asked mago now don't play any joke on me i could not bear that i'm so thirsty no this isn't a joke said tum tum at least it isn't a joke on you come we shall both have a drink put your trunk out over the side of the tent on the ground outside is a big wash tub full of pink lemonade we can easily suck it up through our trunks and drink it come on i'll show you how to do it oh fine cried mago then she and tum tum not thinking it was wrong put their trunks down into the pink lemonade and sucked it all out putting it into their mouths oh but that's good cried tum tum for the lemonade happened to be very sweet it certainly is said mago i wish there were more end of chapter 10 recording by kenneth sergeant gagan chapter 11 of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain recording by kenneth sergeant gagan chapter 11 tum tum and the tiger the two elephants sucked up all the pink lemonade from the wash tub near the stand outside the tent then they felt much better and cooler they did not mind the heat so much but in a little while there was a great sound of someone shouting and calling outside the tent it was the voice of the man who had made the pink lemonade to sell through those who came to see the circus oh my lemonade cried a man my pink lemonade it's all gone someone drank it all up or else it leaked out of the tub what shall i do what shall i do the man ran up and down trying to find his lemonade but it was all gone say tum tum said mago was that his lemonade we drank oh i guess it must have been said tum tum but i didn't know what belonged to anybody i thought it was just standing there in the tub and that we might as well take it as anyone else well it's too bad if we taken the poor man's lemonade that he was going to sell for money said mago yes it is a great tum tum but we can't help it now yes mago we can't do anything just then the man who owned the lemonade looked up and saw the trunks of the two elephants sticking out over the top of the tent the man guessed what had happened ha they took my lemonade man cried they sucked it up through their trunks oh they took my lemonade i'll make the circus pay for it tum tum's keeper heard the noise the man was making he came running up what does the matter ask the circus man oh you you cried the man your elephants took all my pink lemonade from the wash tub where i had ice in it they sucked it up in their rubber hose trunks tum tum did you and mago do that ask the keeper tum tum could not answer of course but the circus man looked at tum tum's long white ivory tusk and one of them were some splashes of pink lemonade yes tum tum you did it said the man well i won't punish you for you did not know any better i suppose what about my lemonade asked the peddler don't i get paid for it yes i guess the circus will have to pay you spoke to keeper after all i'm glad tum tum had it for he has been a good elephant so has mago and i'm glad they had it the other elephants which they had had some also who there was not enough to go around the keeper paid the man for the lemonade the elephants are taken and man made another washer full but this time to take care to place it far enough away from the tent so the elephants could outreach over and suck it up in their trunks well we made a lot of trouble even though we did not mean to say tum tum to mago that evening when they were cooling off after the show but that lemonade tasted good didn't it it certainly did said mago with a sigh that almost shook the tent that night tum tum and all the elephants had to work very hard pushing the heavy animal cages down the road to where they were loaded on the railroad cars to go to a distant city as tum tum was pushing the cage of sharp tooth the big tiger he heard that striped animal talking with roar the lion can you hear me roar as sharp tooth as her cage which pushed alongside that of the king of beasts yes i can hear you sharp tooth said roar what do you want as tum tum lifted his ears away from his side so he could hear better i think something's going to happen muse tum tum and tum tum made up his mind that he would listen and find out what it was he knew the tiger and lion were dangerous animals they had never become tame and were always trying to find a way to escape or get loose from their cages and if that's what they're trying this time i'll stop them if i can thought tum tum so while he was pushing the first tiger and then lying cage along he listened though he pretending not to hear anything what is it you want to tell me sharp tooth asked roar listen carefully answered the tiger can you hear me yes yes growl the lion again what is it be quick i know how to get out of our cages said the tiger if i tell you will you come with me and then we can run off into the woods and there until we can find our way back to the jungle will you come with me roar yes the lion i will tell me how to get out of my cage and back to the jungle the lion and tiger did not know that the jungle where they had lived was many miles away across the big ocean this is how we can get out such sharp tooth you know when a man cleans our cages each night he leaves the door unlocked so the feeding man can follow and put meat in the easily does he do that ask the lion i never notice yes he always does that says the tiger for a little while each evening just before we are fed the doors of our cages are not locked we can really push them open before the meat man comes to feed it and close them we can get out then but if we go before our meat we shall be hungry roar the lion what a bit silly cry sharp tooth it's not better to get away and be hungry for a little while than it is to stay here shut up in a cage all your life well i suppose it is to the lion with a big sigh and we are to come out of our cages tonight yes soon after a man has finished cleaning him and has left the door unlocked he doesn't know that i know about the door i suppose he imagines i think it is tightly shut as ever but it isn't good cry the lion then we'll run away but when tonight hits the tiger be quiet now someone may hear us ha someone has already heard you thought tum tum so are you going to get away tonight are you i'll stop you all right it would never do to have you loose in the woods all the people will be scared let me see how can i stop you tum tum wish you could speak man talk so he could tell the keepers what the lion and tiger were going to do but tum tum could only speak animal language but i can stay near the tiger's cage and when he gets out i can grab him in my trunk before he has time to scratch me and push him back in his cage again thought tum tum by that time the keepers will come and shut the cage doors yes i'll do that with sharp dupe but what about roar i need help there i'll get mago so tum tum told mago about the lion and tiger going to escape from the circus and if you stand in front of the lion's cage you won't dare run very far said tum tum to mago if you look after the lion i'll look after the tiger all right said mago i shall it wouldn't be right for those fierce animals to get away toward evening when the show was over for the afternoon mago and tum tum were allowed to roam about the animal tend to little the change being taken off their feet now's our time mago whispered tum tum you go over by the lion's cage and i'll say by the tigers all right i will say mago over she went to stand in front of the lion's cage the cleaning man had been around and the doors of the cage were open then before tum tum could enter the tiger's cage that big striped beast cage wouldn't blow with his ball on the unlocked door pushing it open he sprang out crying come on roar come on with me i'm out jump through the door and we'll go to the jungle end of chapter 11 recording by kena sergeant gagan chapter 12 of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum this lever box recording is in the public domain recording by kena sergeant gagan chapter 12 tum tum's brave deed tum tum tried to get in front of sharp tooth and stopped the tiger from getting out of his cage but the elephant was not quick enough besides the tiger moved so swiftly that hardly anyone could have stopped him come back here come back cry tum tum when he saw sharp tooth running out of the tent indeed i will not i'm off to the jungle snore the striped beast come on roar she called but roar could not for mago the big elephant had placed herself in front of the door of his cage and was leaning against it and mago was so big and heavy that roar could not push open the iron barred door get out of my way cried the lion to the elephant no no i will not answer brave mago then the lion put his paws through the bars of the cage and scratched mago but the lady elephant did not mind that she made a loud noise through her trunk and this call brought the keepers on the run one of them saw what the matter was quick cried this keeper the lion's cage door is not fast and he's trying to get out but the elephant is holding him in quick fast and shut the door then the circus man very quickly made the door tightly shut and that was the end of roar's chances of getting out oh but that lion was angry he sprang about the cage roaring loudly but he could not get out to go and join sharp tooth the tiger some of you put some salve on that elephant's scratches to their head circus man why look to see if any animals have gotten loose then he saw the door of the tiger's cage and he cried sharp tooth is loose we must go and find that tiger then someone else called and tum tum is gone also what tum tum gone cried the elephant trainer that's so he said as he saw that the place where tum tum used to stand was empty i wonder where tum tum can be said the keeper mago wish he could tell how tum tum had tried to stop the tiger from running away but how the big elephant had not been in time however the headkeeper must have guessed it i don't believe some tum ran away he said he must have gone out after that tiger come on we must find them both as it happened the circus performance was over so there were no boys and girls or men and women to be frightened by the hearing that the tiger was loose sharp tooth was so excited to get out of his cage that she did not try to bite anybody she slipped out of the tent and ran towards some woods near the circus lot but tum tum was right after the tiger could go along very fast but the elephant would travel almost as quickly and kip right behind that striped beast ha go on back stop following mean snarl chopped tooth oh no i'll not answer the brave elephant i want you to come back to the circus i'll never come back snap the tiger oh yes we will the elephant said the tiger kept on and tum tum followed finally the tiger ran up a tree and crouched out on a big limb ha you can't follow me she said to the elephant you can't climb up this tree no but i can stay here until you come down said tum tum and that's what i'll do snarl the tiger go away let me alone but tum tum would not he stayed under that tree where the tiger was for he knew that soon the circus man would come to hunt for sharp tooth to put her back in her cage and surely enough that is just what happened the headkeeper could easily see which way the tiger and elephant had gone for those sharp tooth did not make much of a track tum tum did an elephant cannot crash and push his way through the bushes and trees without making a broad path and this path the circus man followed soon they came to the tree in which sharp tooth was crouching there she is cried one bring up the cage the tiger's empty cage was reeled under the tree and the door was open inside was put a nice piece of meat such as a tiger lug she was very hungry now you had better go down in your cage and behave yourself said tum tum no i will not snarl the tiger but when the circus man snapped their whips and fired off guns and brought blazing torches sharp tooth was afraid besides she was very hungry and as the lion had not run away with her she was afraid she could never get to the jungle alone i guess i had better go down to my cage at a tiger but she added to tum tum if i ever get a chance to scratch you i will and into the cage she jumped and the circus man slammed the door shut the tiger was caught again good old boy tum tum called the elephant's keeper to him as they were going back to the animal tent he saved the tiger from getting away and that was a good thing for a sharp tooth might have bitten someone you are a very good elephant this may tum tum feel quite happy more happy even than did the nice big lumps of sugar and loaves of bread he was given for a supper as a reward well you know animals like to be spoken kindly to as well as we do boys and girls you just try it with your dog speak harshly to him or scold him and see how he cringes down and touches tail between his legs he knows when you're not kind to him and then try speaking nicely to him tell him what a good dog he is and how much you like him and see what a change there is he would jump up and wag his tail and bark is so glad because you are speaking kindly to him and if you let him he will try to kiss you with his red tongue oh yes indeed animals know a great deal more than most persons give them credit for so that was how sharp tooth got out of her cage and how tum tum helped the catcher again after the animal cages were never left open even for a second did you give a very stretched-ass tum tum amago whenever he else was once more quiet in the animal tent no not much answered the lady elephant i'm sorry i was not quick enough for the tigers at tum tum never mind it's all over now then the two elephants friends stood side by side in a tent in eight hay and talked to each other in an elephant language and now my story of tum tum is drawing to a close i should tell you one more thing that happened to him and then i'm finished one day the circus was showing you a large city and great crowds of people came out to see it there were boys and girls more than tum tum had ever seen before the big tent was filled tum tum did all his tricks as best he could he stood on his head on his hind legs he sat up at the table and made believe eat a meal and this trick mapo the merry monkey had a part where he sat up with tum tum and they both ate when the circus was almost over and tum tum had played soldier and marched out of the ring carrying mapo on his back while mapo waved a flag the little monkey could see out of the top of the tent and said tum tum we're going to have a big thunder shower i could see the lightning in the black clouds well it will not hurt us at tum tum you often have to use the thunder storms in the jungle and here we are under a tent and suddenly the storm came in and grew very black and the thunder and lightning frightened the big crowds in the circus set it rained very hard too so some of them the tent ropes were made loose and slipped run out quick suddenly called the man the tent is going to fall on us run everybody no sit still keep your seats the circus man cried the crowd was frightened and ran just then one of the big poles of the tent began to fall that poem is not fall cry tum tum's keeper but how can i hold it up i'm not strong enough then he looked at tum tum the big elephant ah tum tum will hold up the poll until all the people get out of the tent cry the circus man here tum tum he called hold up this poll tum tum knew what was wanted of him he pushed a strong head against the poll and it did not fall over tum tum held it up and the tent did not come down tum tum you are a fine elephant cry this master i love you the rain was over that night after the evening performance the circus went on to another town that brings me to the end of tum tum's adventures but i have some stories about other animals in the next books i'll tell you about don a runaway dog his many adventures as for tum tum he lived in a circus for many many years growing older and stronger and wiser every day and everybody thought he was the jolliest elephant in all the world end of chapter 12 recording by kenneth sergeant gagan end of tum tum the jolly elephant by richard barnum