"Because elephants have little, short tails. I saw 'em in the circus."

   "But they have

    something

   long, don't they?" Vi went on.

   "That's their

    trunk

   ," explained Rose. "But it isn't like the trunk we put our things in. Elephants only put

    peanuts

   in their trunks."

   "Then what makes 'em so big? Their trunks, I mean," asked Vi.

   "I don't know," Rose confessed. "Only I know elephants have little tails."

   "This animal had a big tail," declared Mun Bun.

   "Maybe it was the elephant's trunk they saw," suggested Vi. "Do you think it was?"

   "Elephants don't live in the lake," decided

   Rose. Then she started down toward the shore where Mun Bun and Margy had been paddling in their bare feet.

   In truth, she did not want to go very much. That was why she had done so much talking before she started.

   "Where are you goin'?" asked Violet.

   "I'm going to see what it is!" declared Rose.

   "Oh-o-o-o!" exclaimed Vi. "Maybe it'll bite you. Did it have a mouth, Mun Bun?"

   "I didn't see its mouth, but it had a flappy tail."

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