Hide-and-seek
Dumbo and Timothy Mouse were playing hide-and-seek. Dumbo shut his eyes and started to count, and Timothy scampered off. Dumbo took three minutes counting to fifty because it was hard to do, and he never peeked once. Finally he started searching for the mouse. He looked under the lion's cage and in the strong man's tent. Dumbo thought, "Maybe I should have peeked a little-just enough to see what direction he took." He looked behind the popcorn machine and in the main tent. He spotted Mr. Ringmaster, who was about to fire a cannon. "Hello, Dumbo," shouted Mr. Ringmaster Have you come to see if my cannon works?" "No, sir. I'm looking for Timothy Mouse and I think he's in here somewhere." "I hope he's not hiding in my cannon laughed Mr. Ringmaster. The fuse spluttered and got shorter and shorter. BOOM!
Smoke erupted from the mouth of the cannon. Alas, so did Timothy Mouse! He had been hiding in there, and now he was sailing toward the far end of the tent.
Mr. Ringmaster shouted, "What are we going to do? There's no safety net. He's going to land in the wooden seats!" Dumbo started flapping his ears and took off after his friend. "I'm coming, Timothy. Don't be afraid."
The elephant zoomed toward the mouse, who was beginning to fall toward the ground. Timothy was shouting, "Save me! Save me!" Dumbo answered, "I'm trying!" Poor Timothy was so frightened! Would Dumbo be able to save him? Timothy opened his eyes and saw the seats rushing toward him. That frightened him so much that he shut them again. Tightly. He shouted one last Help!
inches before Timothy was to land, Dumbo reached out with his trunk and caught him Boy, that was close," squeaked the mouse Mr. Ringmaster applauded Dumbo's performance. "We should put that in your act," he said.
"No way," answered Timothy. "And I'm never, never going to hide in a cannon again. In fact, I may never play hide-and-seek again." "It was a good place to hide," Dumbo admitted. Mr. Ringmaster brought them something to eat, and Dumbo laughed, "Our game almost ended with a bang! Instead, it ended with a banana!"