ELMER ELEPHANT (2)

ELMER ELEPHANT (2)

Then she turned back to the table, where the candles were still burning brightly.

Tillie took a deep,deep breath.
Woosh ! She blew at the candles. The flames bowed and fluttered, but they did not go out.

Again she took a deep, deep breath. And Woosh ! she blew again.

The flames quivered and danced, but still they did not go out.

Tillie's face was quite red now, and her paws were tightly clenched as she took another breath, deeper,deeper, deeper.

Then she blew out as hard as she could !
But the flames only flicked and winked as if they were laughing at her.

" Oh,dear,  said TIllie.

" Let me help," said the hippopotamus child.
He took a deep breath, then opened his mouth and blew !

Whoosh ! Candles, frostring and all went flying aceoss the table and right into Elmer Elephant's face.

" Ho ho ho ! Ha Ha Ha ! " laughed all the animal children at the party.
" Happy birthday,Elmer. You take the cake ! '

Elmer just stood there, with frostring dripping down his trunk and cheeks and his big, drooping ears.

As the children laughed and joked about him, he could feel his face getting hotter, right down to the tip of his curly trunk.

But Tillie Tiger was not laughing at him.

She came over and wiped the frostring all off, every last sticky bit of it.
Then she gave Elmer a kiss, right on the tip of his trunk.

That made Elmer happy, but it just made the other children tease him worse than ever.

The moment Tillie went  up into her house to get another cake, they all clustered around, making fun of him.

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