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But his mother said, "Very well," and set the tray down on the table beside his bed and left the room.
When he heard that she was all the way downstairs again he poked his trunk out from under the covers and took a sniff of the steaming bowl of milk toast. After all it smelled pretty good and he was awfully hungry.
So he sat up in bed and gulped down the milk toast. After that he felt better. When his mother came up to get the tray Little Elephant was sound asleep and snoring.
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