Animate an element being animated

Animate an element being animated

Hi guys,
there is a way to add an animation to an element that is being animated?
I explain better.
I have an element called #example, i call $(#example).animate({"left",500},10000}, after 5 seconds i want to animate also the top attribute, then i call $(#example).animate({"top",500},10000}. It does not work.
I have to stop animate, then create a second animate, or there is some way to merge the two animations?

Thanks for any reply