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The Elephant's Child

Rudyard Kipling

The Elephant's Child

A curious little elephant goes all the way to the great grey-green Limpopo River to ask what the Crocodile eats, and comes home with a long, wonderful trunk.

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  • Illustrated
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How the story begins

Chapter 1: Full of Questions

Long, long ago, elephants had no trunks. They had only short, bulgy noses, about the size of a boot, which they could wiggle from side to side but could not pick anything up with. In those days there lived a little Elephant's Child who was full of curiosity. He asked questions all day long.

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Chapters in this story

  1. 1.Full of Questions
  2. 2.The Biggest Question of All
  3. 3.The Rock Snake
  4. 4.The Crocodile's Whisper
  5. 5.A Wonderful New Nose
  6. 6.Home with a Trunk

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