It was an early morning at the circus. Hopeful mothers looked up as storks flew overhead. Each one carried a bundle holding a baby animal.

Mrs. Jumbo sighed as she watched the happy mothers with their babies. "Oh, dear. I did so hope there would be a bundle for me," she thought.

At long last, a stork flew into Mrs. Jumbo's railway car with a large bundle - it was a baby elephant!

Mrs. Jumbo's baby sneezed, and out flapped two enormous ears! Mrs. Jumbo wanted to call him Jumbo Junior.

The other elephant began to giggle. "Dumbo!" one of them said. But Mrs. Jumbo didn't care what the other elephants thought. She loved her baby - big ears and all.

The next day, a group of boys came by the circus tent. They laughed at Dumbo and teased him. "Look at his ears!" one of them cried.

Mrs. Jumbo tried to protect her baby. She lifted the boy away from Dumbo. "Help, help!" he wailed. The circus keepers raced in. Soon Mrs. Jumbo was locked in the prison wagon.

From then on, the other elephants ignored poor Dumbo. They even turned their backs on him!

Dumbo felt alone and heartbroken - until Timothy Mouse found him. He liked Dumbo. At last, Dumbo had a friend!

The next day, Dumbo was put in the clown act. Being a clown made Dumbo sad. The other clowns teased him, and Dumbo felt lonelier than ever.