So 19th Century. by Child's Play International. I got this as a free e-book when I bought my Nook & the kids (ages 2, 3.5, & 8) all ask for this over the e-books I paid money for. And still he was full of ‘satiable curtiosity! He asked his tall uncle, the Giraffe, what made his skin spotty, and his tall uncle, the Giraffe, spanked him with his hard, hard hoof. Plot Summary. The Rudyard Kipling story is one of my favorites and the Tim Raglin illustrations are perfect for the story, but I was very disappointed in the Kindle treatment. “The Elephant's Child” is one of his legendary children's tales. But it was really the Crocodile, O Best Beloved, and the Crocodile winked one eye—like this! The crocodile tries to eat the elephant's child but only stretches his trunk out. The story's plot follows a child elephant who is full of satiable curiosity. ‘Then you will have to wait a long time, said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake. https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1299/the-elephants-child/, Florida Center for Instructional Technology. This is the Elephant's Child having his nose pulled by the Crocodile. The curious little Elephant asks many questions and embarks on a journey which changes the face of elephants forever! [Rudyard Kipling; Geoffrey Patterson] -- Because of his "satiable curiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks. At last things grew so exciting that his dear families went off one by one in a hurry to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to borrow new noses from the Crocodile. In the High and Far-Off Times the Elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. However, when it doesn't, he learns to use his nose to his advantage, for things like "spanking" and has all the other elephants going to the crocodile for a "new nose. Oh, random violence against women. I found it adorable, but kind of scary at some parts (I didn't want the Elephant Child to die)! Then the Elephant’s Child sat down most hard and sudden; but first he was careful to say ‘Thank you’ to the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake; and next he was kind to his poor pulled nose, and wrapped it all up in cool banana leaves, and hung it in the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo to cool. He asks "what do crocodiles eat for dinner" to multiple characters, and each of the characters spank him for being curious. The Elephant's Child was a short-nosed creature that was always curious, but for every question he asked of a relative he got spanked. This is an adorable fable that tells a story of how the elephant might have gotten it's beautiful trunk. Ha! He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could wriggle about from side to side; but he couldn't pick up things with it. 'I think,' said the Crocodile - and he said it between his teeth like this - ' I think today I will begin with the Elephant's Child. Nigel joined the team earlier last year and has a fantastic amount of experience to help the businesses we work with to grow and develop. The thought of Rudyard Kipling is way too sensible and affectionate. Answer questions about the text. Every day Olive sees the elephant. He went especially out of his way to find a broad Hippopotamus (she was no relation of his), and he spanked her very hard, to make sure that the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake had spoken the truth about his new trunk. Now how do you feel about being spanked again?’, ‘’Scuse me,’ said the Elephant’s Child, ‘but I should not like it at all.’. Very colorful and a good length for young kiddos. He asked The elephant’s child lived with Father, Mother and Baby Elephant. Soon after Meya has left the village, Bat and Muka are kidnapped … by Joseph Kony’s army. Here is an explanation, courtesy of Rudyard Kipling, for why elephants’ trunks are so long. The Elephant's Child (poem) by Rudyard Kipling. Just kidding - I was a bit disturbed by the message of this book but I like that the PrimeTime kids will have to take a break from their modern-sheltered-21st C-childhoods while reading it. Lit2Go Edition. For, O Best Beloved, you will see and understand that the Crocodile had pulled it out into a really truly trunk same as all Elephants have to-day. The information about The Elephant Keepers' Children shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's online-magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high-profile books publishing in the coming weeks. The story's plot follows a child elephant who is full of satiable curiosity. Just So Stories. He is pulling very hard, and so is the Crocodile; but the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake is hurrying through the water to help the Elephant's Child. A new girl named Muka came to the village with her aunty. Elephants are now a protected species throughout the world. As an activating strategy, I would read this to my students and explain the concept of a fable. He asked his tall aunt, the Ostrich, why her tail-feathers grew just so, and his tall aunt the Ostrich spanked him with her hard, hard claw. The Child’s Elephant achieves both of these at various points. But there was one Elephant--a new Elephant--an Elephant's Child--who was full of 'satiable curiosity, and that means he asked ever so many questions. Tim is terrified enough of the bunji-jump Brittas arranged to pretend he's sick and thus avoids telling 'tough' lover Gavin, (who actually has agoraphobia). About a young African boy called Bat, who adopts a baby elephant after its mother is killed by poachers, this is a story of them growing up together, learning their identities, losing touch, him joining a child soldier army and then searching for his elepha He was hushed and spanked even more. As illustrated on the story's cover, the Elephant's child had a tug-of-war with the hungry crocod, This is a hilarious take on the traditional lessons-learned children's stories. Just kidding - I was a bit disturbed by the message of this book but I like that the PrimeTime kids will have to take a break from their modern-sheltered-21st C-childhoods while reading it. Still my favourite story. ‘’Vantage number three!’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake. ‘’Scuse me,’ said the Elephant’s Child most politely, ‘but have you seen such a thing as a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?’, ‘Have I seen a Crocodile?’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, in a voice of dretful scorn. You are hurtig be!’, Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake scuffled down from the bank and said, ‘My young friend, if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull as hard as ever you can, it is my opinion that your acquaintance in the large-pattern leather ulster’ (and by this he meant the Crocodile) ‘will jerk you into yonder limpid stream before you can say Jack Robinson.’. One day, the elephant’s child asked a question that none of the animals wanted to answer. He asks endless questions in the manner of small children, receiving many spankings for his trouble, until he hits on a question that provokes a torrent of spanking: "What does the crocodile have for dinner?" When he felt lonely walking through Africa he sang to himself down his trunk, and the noise was louder than several brass bands. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.’ And they all spanked him once more for luck, though he asked them most politely to stop. He asks endless questions in the manner of small children, receiving many spankings for his trouble, until he hits on a question that provokes a torrent of sp. A retelling of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale The Elephant's Child, adapted by Karen Baiker and illustrated by Davin Cheng. He finally meets a crocodile and asks him "what do crocodiles eat for dinner". This was the book that made me love audiobooks as a kid. It is very sing-song and rhythmical which catches a child's attention and keeps them interested through the entire book. ‘Pooh,’ said the Elephant’s Child. The elephant is in pain, and patiently waits for his nose to go back to normal. Upon completion of this lesson on 'The Elephant's Child' by Rudyard Kipling, students will be able to: 1. ‘Come hither, Little One,’ said the Crocodile, ‘for I am the Crocodile,’ and he wept crocodile-tears to show it was quite true. One day, the elephant’s child asked a question that none of the animals wanted to answer. As illustrated on the story's cover, the Elephant's child had a tug-of-war with the hungry crocodile. ‘I don’t think you peoples know anything about spanking; but I do, and I’ll show you.’ Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels. The elephant gets spankings through out the book so if this is … What the elephant does not know is that the creature he stumbles upon the Limpopo River he is sent to is indeed a crocodile and crocodiles are vicious carnivores. But it never grew any shorter, and, besides, it made him squint. They usually told him to go away! Kipling tells how an elephant child’s curiosity led elephants to acquire long noses. A A A. ‘Well,’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, ‘you will find that new nose of yours very useful to spank people with.’, ‘Thank you,’ said the Elephant’s Child, ‘I’ll remember that; and now I think I’ll go home to all my dear families and try.’. With Jack Nicholson. With Chris Barrie, Jill Greenacre, Stephen Churchett, Judy Flynn. One day, he asked what crocodiles eat. The Elephant's Child was a short-nosed creature that was always curious, but for every question he asked of a relative he got spanked. I send them over land and sea, I send them east and west; But after they have worked for me, I … The Child's Elephant By Rachel Campbell-Johnston Published on May 22nd 2013 I could not put this book down! I could almost laugh, imagining a child going around spanking all the adults that spanked him for asking, This tells the story of how the Elephant got his long nose. I'm so happy the little elephant is done with all the spanking! I think that children need to know their boundaries. This study guide is based on the 2003 Penguin paperback edition. One fine morning in the middle of the Precession of the Equinoxes this ‘satiable Elephant’s Child asked a new fine question that he had never asked before. ‘Some people do not know what is good for them.’. He ends up in trouble when he asks about crocodiles eat . The elephant's child by Emily Bolam, 1992, Dutton Children's Books edition, in English - 1st American ed. “Then the Kolokolo Bird said with a mournful cry, "Go to the banks of the great, grey-green greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, and find out.”, See all 3 questions about The Elephant's Child…, Goodreads Editors (and CEO) Share Their Mystery Picks. One dark evening he came back to all his dear families, and he coiled up his trunk and said, ‘How do you do?’ They were very glad to see him, and immediately said, ‘Come here and be spanked for your ‘satiable curtiosity.’. ‘Come hither, Little One,’ said the Crocodile. Tim is terrified enough of the bunji-jump Brittas arranged to pretend he's sick and thus avoids telling 'tough' lover Gavin, (who actually has agoraphobia). The insatiably curious elephant’s child peppers every animal he meets with questions about the mysterious crocodile who lives on the banks of the Lompopo River. Elephant Facts Elephants are large, majestic animals that have been admired and studied for hundreds of years. The language, o best beloved, is most delectable. The crocodile grabs onto the elephant's very short nose and pulls. Story-A+, Illustrations-A+, K. I am reviewing the Kindle version of this book which includes the Tim Raglin illustrations, but not the Jack Nicholson narration. The elephant has a no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick. One day a curious young elephant (with a short nose) wondered what crocodiles ate for dinner. The “about the author” section explains that Campbell-Johnston learned about Kony as a leader writer for The Times—I only hope it wasn’t in 2012. He journeys across Africa and finds one. He journeys across Africa and finds one. The Elephant’s Child, undaunted by his early experiences, and still eager to explore his universe, soon finds himself in real danger; but even here he stoutly exerts himself, and by the help of the adult and equivocal Bi-Coloured-Rock-Snake, escapes with his life, though mourning apparent malformation. He finally meets a crocodile and asks him "what do crocodiles eat for dinner". It has come in handy while waiting in line at the grocery store, or in the waiting room at the doctor's and orthodontist. The whole experience is very cute. Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling.Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works.. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to … The Elephant's Child (poem) by Rudyard Kipling. This is a great way to show in a humor way about rebelion and reeling back in the student. The Rudyard Kipling story is one of my favorites and the Tim Raglin illustrations are perfect for the story, but I was very disappointed in the Kindle treatment. ""The Elephant's Child"." Incredible. This is an adaptation of a famous Rudyard Kipling story, which explains how the elephant got its trunk. ‘O Bananas!’ said they, ‘where did you learn that trick, and what have you done to your nose?’, ‘I got a new one from the Crocodile on the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River,’ said the Elephant’s Child. Peter's father is a vicar, his mother is an artisan, and both are equally and profoundly devout. Then the Elephant’s Child put his head down close to the Crocodile’s musky, tusky mouth, and the Crocodile caught him by his little nose, which up to that very week, day, hour, and minute, had been no bigger than a boot, though much more useful. Cartoon Summary: Rudyard Kipling's story of how the elephant got its trunk has always delighted children with its playful use of language and sense of high adventure. He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could wriggle about from side to side; but he couldn’t pick up things with it. Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Edward Francino-First edition. After a rousing tug-of-war with the Crocodile himself, the Elephant's Child walks away with a new and improved (and quite sore) elongated trunk. They can hear each other's calls up to 5 miles away. Undeterred with this response, he sets out to find out the answer. He asks "what do crocodiles eat for dinner" to multiple characters, and each of the characters spank him for being curious. Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake uncoiled himself very quickly from the rock, and spanked the Elephant’s Child with his scalesome, flailsome tail. THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD N the High and Far-Off Times the Elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. For, O Best Beloved, you will see and understand that the Crocodile had pulled it out into a really truly trunk same as all Elephants have today. And still he was full of ‘satiable curtiosity! Desperate, he asked the Kolokolo bird, who gave him directions to find a crocodile to find out for himself. The story my mother used to read me most often, because I asked for it again and again. This collection of children's literature is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse and is funded by various grants. Then the Crocodile winked the other eye, and lifted half his tail out of the mud; and the Elephant’s Child stepped back most politely, because he did not wish to be spanked again. ‘’Vantage number two!’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake. I found this story quite bizzar..All that smacking of the baby elephant was just out right odd to me. Fun Facts About Elephants. The crocodile tries to eat the elephant's child but only stretches his trunk out. As a class we would brainstorm all the fables we can think of and then investigate how fables are written since they all follow a similar format. In this illustrated version of one, a young elephant (equipped with an abbreviated trunk "as big as a boot") is filled with curiosity, although his family and relations try to drive it out of him through much spanking. This is the way Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakes always talk. We’d love your help. This seemed to be more of an original story, not to interesting, but at least not like the ones I've been reading. ‘’Scuse me,’ said the Elephant’s Child most politely, ‘but do you happen to have seen a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?’. Male elephants, or bulls, live alone once they become adults. Kipling's Just So Stories are literary classics characterized by a wonderful sense of humor and brilliant use of language. The story tells of how an Elephant gets it's long trunk. He ends up in trouble when he asks about crocodiles eat . Then that bad Elephant’s Child spanked all his dear families for a long time, till they were very warm and greatly astonished. The “elephants” of the novel are the warring Japanese and Americans, using the Philippines as a battleground. The crowd roars in excitement, and the elephant appears suddenly weakened. A n unnamed American man and a young woman named Jig wait for the train from Barcelona. Read on to find ... Read moreFun Elephant Facts I heard this on NPR and really need to search it out and own it. I used to listen to this book over and over on my little cassette player until I drove my brother mad. January 26, 2021. The Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling. I read this for PrimeTime and found myself nostalgic for the days when beating children without explanation was acceptable and revenge was sweet. It would make a nice storytime book for librarians to use if it was a print version. He uses this trunk to spank all of his relations upon his return home, and they head off to the river to get their own trunks lengthened. https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1299/the-elephants-child But it never grew any shorter, and, besides, it made him squint. This teaches children that it is ok to have curiosity. I chose the "read it to me" feature just to see what happened. I knooow this book was writen in a very different time but it just grated on me :/ I woudn't want to give this book as a present to a small child. ‘I think, said the Crocodile—and he said it between his teeth, like this—’I think to-day I will begin with Elephant’s Child!’, At this, O Best Beloved, the Elephant’s Child was much annoyed, and he said, speaking through his nose, like this, ‘Led go! ‘You couldn’t have done that with a mere-smear nose. Web. Copyright © 2006—2021 by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida. This seemed to be more of an original story, not to i. But there was one Elephant—a new Elephant—an Elephant’s Child—who was full of ‘satiable curtiosity, and that means he asked ever so many questions. I am reviewing the Kindle version of this book which includes the Tim Raglin illustrations, but not the Jack Nicholson narration. At one point he wants to know what crocodiles are and what one would have for dinner, gets spanked, but finds out where to go to find a crocodile. Before he thought what he was doing the Elephant’s Child put out his trunk and plucked a large bundle of grass, dusted it clean against his fore-legs, and stuffed it into his own mouth. Get this from a library! When the Elephants Dance introduces us to the incandescent voice of Tess Uriza Holthe, who sets her remarkable first novel in the waning days of World War II, as the Japanese and the Americans engage in a fierce battle for possession of the Philippine Islands. I got this book free with my Nook and it had the options of setting it the it would read aloud. The rest of the time he picked up the melon rinds that he had dropped on his way to the Limpopo—for he was a Tidy Pachyderm. Can they think of any other fables? In this illustrated version of one, a young elephant (equipped with an abbreviated trunk "as big as a boot") is filled with curiosity, although his family and relations try to drive it out of him through much spanking. Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling.Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works.. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to … Try and eat a little now.’. ‘It does,’ said the Elephant’s Child. At one point he wants to know what crocodiles are and what one would have for dinner, gets spanked, but finds out where to go to find a crocodile. From the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow, an epic novel about faith and the magic of everyday life. Olive’s father has a sadness so big that she imagines it as an enormous elephant following him around. Summary and Analysis Hills Like White Elephants Summary In the early 1920s, an American man and a girl, probably nineteen or twenty years old, are waiting at a Spanish railway station for the express train that will take them to Madrid. The elephant wondered what he could do to solve everyone in the forest. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published It has this great read to me option that the kids love since Mommy can't read in a man's voice. This is same what I felt while reading it. The Elephant's Child persistently asked questions to his family, which gets him spanked each time. I found it adorable, but kind of scary at some parts (I didn't want the Elephant Child to die)! Retrieved January 26, 2021, from https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1299/the-elephants-child/. growled the tiger. "Most advisers focus heavily on the fluffy stuff of planning and vision etc and even though I agree that it is vital, Elephants Child are then able to translate that in actions so we know exactly what needs to happen, by when and by who. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature. The elephant pulls back and pulls and pulls until his trunk is stretched very far. ‘What will you ask me next?’, ‘’Scuse me,’ said the Elephant’s Child, ‘but could you kindly tell me what he has for dinner?’. The story narrates about it. Elephant Essay for Class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. 3. "The Elephant's Child" Notes on the text These notes draw on those written by Lisa Lewis for the OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS edition of Just So Stories (1995) with the kind permission of Oxford University Press, together with material from the Kipling Society's ORG.The page numbers below refer to the Macmillan Uniform Edition of Just So Stories. The first thing that he found was a Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake curled round a rock. Just So Stories (1902). Understand the author's purpose. Fearing that his death is imminent, he grows anxious to tell his life story. In the High and Far-Off Times the Elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. "The Elephant's Child". The sad child is encouraged by the snake that saved him, to look at all the things the child could do with his long trunk. This worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," which conjures up a whimsical explanation for elephants… An elephant's skin can be up to one inch thick, but it is also very sensitive. When they came back nobody spanked anybody any more; and ever since that day, O Best Beloved, all the Elephants you will ever see, besides all those that you won’t, have trunks precisely like the trunk of the ‘satiable Elephant’s Child. Summaries. ‘What are you doing that for?’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake. I got this book free with my NookColor, and my kids love it!!! September 1st 1999 A A A. The story is about a young elephant, with no trademark elephant trunk, who is very curious. Just So Stories (1902). Hardback story/picture book for children has a gift note on free front endpaper and shows some rubbing of edges-overall is clean and in good+ to very good condition with very good dust jacket in a Brodart protector-nice looking book. Start by marking “The Elephant's Child (Just So Stories)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. This document was downloaded from Lit2Go, a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format published by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology. It was subversive too. So the Elephant’s Child went home across Africa frisking and whisking his trunk. Story-A+, Illustrations-A+, Kindle implementation-D minus. I can't wait for this book's discussion next week. Read the Color Nook version of this. I Keep six honest serving-men: (They taught me all I knew) Their names are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who. Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" tells the story of a man and woman drinking beer and anise liqueur while they wait at a train station in Spain.The man is attempting to convince the woman to get an abortion, but the woman is ambivalent about it.The story's tension comes from their terse, barbed dialogue. ‘That is odd,’ said the Elephant’s Child, ‘because my father and my mother, and my uncle and my aunt, not to mention my other aunt, the Hippopotamus, and my other uncle, the Baboon, have all spanked me for my ‘satiable curtiosity—and I suppose this is the same thing. The elephant's child is curious about the world and wants to know why things are the way they are. I think my students would LOVE this feature. ‘Why do you ask such things?’, ‘’Scuse me,’ said the Elephant’s Child most politely, ‘but my father has spanked me, my mother has spanked me, not to mention my tall aunt, the Ostrich, and my tall uncle, the Giraffe, who can kick ever so hard, as well as my broad aunt, the Hippopotamus, and my hairy uncle, the Baboon, and including the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, with the scalesome, flailsome tail, just up the bank, who spanks harder than any of them; and so, if it’s quite all the same to you, I don’t want to be spanked any more.’. In this poem, the poet Ruskin Bond talks about the crowded world and the elephants are compared to it. When he wanted fruit to eat he pulled fruit down from a tree, instead of waiting for it to fall as he used to do. The first act of the play opens in 1978 with the aging patriarch, Dodge, sitting in an armchair in front of his TV in Illinois. The Elephant's Child: Reading Comprehension Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories offer fanciful explanations for how various animals have acquired their most distinctive features. The Child's Elephant goes to the Great Green, Greasy Limpopo River, and he meets the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake he asks the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake what crocodiles eat for dinner. The Elephant’s Child & Supernatural Punishment. The Elephant’s Child from the Just So Stories of Rudyard Kipling tells the story of how the elephant got its trunk. In the High and Far-Off Times the Elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. I loved this story! Learn about Author Central. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. While they wait … Narrator 1: Then the elephant's child put his head down close to the crocodile's musky, tusky mouth and the crocodile said: Crocodile: "I think today I will begin with the elephant's child!" Orwell fires again, and the elephant does not fall—instead, it wobbles back onto its feet. Kipling, Rudyard. ‘It looks very ugly,’ said his hairy uncle, the Baboon. A favorite from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories (1902). Saleem Sinai, the narrator of Midnight’s Children, opens the novel by explaining that he was born on midnight, August 15, 1947, at the exact moment India gained its independence from British rule.Now nearing his thirty-first birthday, Saleem believes that his body is beginning to crack and fall apart. I wish there was something like this when I was a kid, or that I had kids to read more of these types of books with! “The Elephant’s Child,” one of the book’s most popular tales, combines elements of folklore and allegory. I have never read a children's book on my NOOK before, and it was such a great experience! (I still listen to them on a regular basis!) He asked questions about everything that he saw, or heard, or felt, or smelt, or touched, and all his uncles and his aunts spanked him. And every day, she wishes it would go. My first picture book for the NOOK Color, downloaded as a freebie from Barnes & Noble. It is a relatively long picture book but my 18 month old will sit through the entire one. That's the story of the Elephant's Child, who at the time has only a small nose and gets spanked … Then the Elephant’s Child felt his legs slipping, and he said through his nose, which was now nearly five feet long, ‘This is too butch for be!’. One the crocodile lets go the elephant's nose never returns back to its short state. The tale of how the elephant got its trunk is one of the most beloved of the Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling wrote for children. The elephant's child. The Elephant is extremely curious and is always asking questions of the animals, and one day his curiosity leads him down to where the crocodile lives. 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