Mappo, the Merry Monkey / His Many Adventures

appo downstairs in the ship to see Tum Tum, the jolly ele

nd monkeys very seldom quarrel, and they live together in peace, even in t

m, as the little monkey sat o

and rumbling, away down in his long nose or trunk, while Ma

ends of yours in the jungle. How did you get on this ship with the other animals? You do

and the sailor, looking at the two animals, did

t believe the monkey will run away, and, as he's getting homesic

the jungle, and for his folks, but whe

on deck, while Mappo and the elephant stayed down in the lower par

t, and then they began to drive us elephants along toward it. We did not know what was happening un

strong that you could easily

elephants, who had helped to drive us into the trap, came up, and struck us with their trunks, and stuck us with their tusks, and told us to

e it here?"

at, and I don't have to hunt for it. I am to go in a circus a

swered Mappo, scr

um Tum. "But how did you happen to get caught, a

ght in the net when he picke

imals caught with

some monkeys, and a big tiger in a cage.

runk, and looking around carefully, he

know?" as

er. Don't tell him I'

little monkey

sometimes ride on the backs of myself, and my elephant friends, to hunt tigers. That's w

his funny, monkey talk. "But it would

scratch me," said Tum Tum.

ephant's back a long time, and they talked of ma

came back and found Mappo asleep on Tum Tum's back. "I'll bring the monkey's cage down here," the sailor went

ought Mappo, as he hear

h he journeyed from the jungle to this country. I hav

Tum, and the other elephants, and they made loud noises through their trunks. Mappo and the other monkeys chattered with fe

lt better. Then came a day when Mappo was shut up in his cage agai

riend, "but all you animals are going to be taken off the

r," said Mappo to himself. "I wo

ing the lions and tigers, were lifted off the ship onto land. Then they were put on big wagons and carte

No, it was a big city where Mappo had been taken. And it was the city where the circus stayed in winter, the animals living in barns, and in menageries, instead of in tents. But w

was nice and warm. On the earth-floor of the barn was sawdust, and Mappo saw ma

said the man. "Well, they look like nice monkeys. And that one seems a

ther man. "Maybe he is an u

understand this monkey talk. Mappo jumped about in his cage, for he felt that he was going to be taken out, and

n, as he opened the door of Mappo's cage. "Come on out, o

quiet. He wanted to show the man how polite and

you first to ride a pony, or a dog, and then jump through paper hoops. After that you can turn

ould. But Mappo did understand the word "eat," and he wonder

the summer circus in the big tents. Horses were racing about sawdust rings, men were shouting and calling, and snapp

too!" said Mappo, to himself. "That's fin

his head and trunk were in the air. That's how elephants are first taught to do the trick of s

en Mappo out of his cage. The man soon found that Mappo was good a

, the tiger, came bounding into the circus ring. Right

Bow wow!