.

"What's your name?" asked Mappo.

"My name is Squinty," answered the little pig. I suppose you had guessed
that before I told you--at least those of you who have read my other
book, called "Squinty, the Comical Pig."

"Squinty, eh?" remarked Mappo. "That's a queer name."

"They call me that because one of my eyes squints," said the little pig.
"See!" and he looked up at Mappo in such a funny way, with one eye half
shut, and the other wide open, and with one ear cocked forward and the
other backward, that Mappo had to laugh.

"My name is Mappo, and I'm from the circus. I've run away, and I'm
hungry," the monkey said.

"Ha! I'm running away myself," said Squinty, "and I was hungry too, but
I found some acorns to eat."

"What are acorns, and where did you run from?" asked Mappo.

"Acorns are nuts, good for pigs to eat," Squinty answered, "and I ran
away from my pen."

"I wish I had something to eat," said Mappo. "I am very hungry."

"Come with me, and I'll see if I can't find you something to eat,"
Squinty said. "Then you can tell me all about the circus, and I'll tell
you all about my pen."

"All right," agreed Mappo, and the two little animal friends went off
together into the woods.

"Are there any cocoanuts here?" asked Mappo, when they had gone on for
some distance.

"I don't know," answered Squinty. "What are cocoanuts?"

Mappo told the little pig how cocoanuts and bananas grew in the jungle,
and the little pig told about how he liked sour milk and things like
that. And, after a while, they managed to find some berries for Mappo to
eat, as he did not like the acorn nuts.

The two friends went on in the woods for some distance, and they were
having a good time, telling each other about their adventures, when,
all of a sudden, as Mappo was swinging along by his tail on a tree
branch, he stopped short and cried:

"Ha! They're after me. I guess I'd better run."

"Who is after you?" asked Squinty.

"The circus men. They must have found out I ran away."

Mappo and Squinty looked through the bushes, and they saw a number of
men in red coats and blue trousers coming through the woods. Squinty
also saw something else.

"Oh, look!" cried the little pig. "What is that funny animal with two
tails? I'm afraid of him, he's so big!"

Mappo looked and laughed.

"He hasn't two tails," he said. "One is his tail and the other is his
trunk. That is Tum Tum, the circus elephant. And you needn't be afraid