Quotes
- Narrator: Gavin was very tired of being treated like a baby. He was nine years old. At least, he would be in eight months. And he could take care of himself. And if he was nothing but a pest, well, then, all right, he'd run away, that's what he'd do. At the very first chance, too.
- [that night, while the other elephants are asleep, Galvin II leaves the nest and walks out on the other elephants]
- Gavin II: [determinedly] And I'm never coming back, either - never, never, never!
- Gavin II's Mother: [worried, after saving Gavin II from Raja] Gavin, Galvin! How many times have I told you not to wander off that way?
- [she places her son on a nest]
- Gavin II's Mother: [now angry] Now you stay right here! You getting to be a terrible nusiance - now stop being a pest!
- [Gavin II goes stunned at that comment as he sees the other elephants glaring at him]