"Can't I please go to school today," he begged. (For he knew if he couldn't go to school he couldn't go out and play either.)
But his mother told him, "No, the doctor said you must stay in bed again today."
Little Elephant tried to be good about it, but it was very hard. His pillows just wouldn't stay piled up and he had to call his mother to fix them. And his throat was awfully dry and scratchy and he had to have a drink. He didn't want to call Mother again, so he jumped up and ran to the bathroom to get it.
Mother heard him trotting around and came up from the kitchen to see what he was doing.
"Oh! you bad child!" she cried. "Don't you know you shouldn't be running around on these cold floors in your bare feet? Now get into bed and stay there, and I'll bring you a nice dish of junket."
Now Little Elephant just loved junket, especially strawberry junket. So he was very good for quite a long time.
At last Mother brought him a bowl of the lovely
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