said old Elephant, who always stood there and
thought he owned it, and as he spoke he gave Little Never-upset a bang
with his trunk and over he went on the floor, right on his head!

All the toys stopped fussing to watch, and quick as a flash up jumped
Little Never-upset on his feet and rolled from side to side with
laughter.

"You are the best-natured fellow I ever saw," said Teddy Bear. "Don't
you feel like paying Elephant back for doing that?"

"Not a bit," answered Little Never-upset; "life is too short to
quarrel. Think of all the fun you lose taking time to wrangle."

"You are right," said Teddy Bear. "What was all the fuss about,
anyway?"

No one could say just what began it, and in a few minutes everybody was
laughing and having a good time, and all because Little Never-upset had
bobbed up smiling.

Old Elephant took time, however, to lean over the shelf and call to
Little Never-upset. "Say, old fellow, I am sorry I was so rude," he
said. "Come up again and stay as long as you like."

And Little Never-upset nodded his head and said he would, smiling as if
he never had been tumbled off the shelf.

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