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 back seat, and then some. But Uncle Oliver tied two on behind and one on a front fender. Little Elephant hopped into part of the front seat. Then Uncle Oliver cranked the car.

At once the whole car began to shake. "Chunkety-chunkety-chunk!" roared the engine.

"There!" cried Uncle Oliver as he jumped inside and grabbed the wheel. Away they went down the road in a cloud of dust.

"You squeeze the horn," shouted Uncle Oliver.

Little Elephant reached over and took hold of it. "Honk! Honk!" The chickens ran screeching across—the road. Little Elephant was having fun. "Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk!" Everyone jumped out of their way. Little Elephant looked around him at the farms and the big red barns. He saw the horses and cows in the meadows, the ducks on the ponds, and the pigs and chickens in the barnyards. Little Elephant knew he was in the country now, and he was glad.

Pretty soon they came to the farm. There on the porch was Aunt Amy Elephant with a big apron tied around her waist. "My, my, Little Elephant," she said. "What a big Little Elephant you've grown to be!"

Little Elephant stood there swinging his trunk—from side to side and scowling. He hated grown-ups to tell him he was a big Little Elephant. Just then