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 bath towel and rubbed him dry. Then she popped him into bed with a hot water bottle at his feet, and gave him a large glass of hot lemonade to drink, with two straws in it.

Then Mother Elephant sat down beside the bed and read Little Elephant the story called How The Elephant Got His Trunk. As she read Little Elephant grew hotter and hotter and hotter.

The hot water bottle at his feet was steaming and the hot lemonade inside him was steaming.

"Whew! but I'b hot!" he said. "Ca'd I take off some covers?"

But Mother just said, "That's fine!" and went on reading.

Pretty soon the beads of perspiration were rolling down Little Elephant's face and Mother said, "Now, your cold is broken. You'll feel much better in the morning." Then she kissed him good-night and turned out the light.

The next day Little Elephant was much better just as Mother had promised. And when she took his temperature it was quite normal. 24