Its based on rudyard kipling s oftadapted elephant s child from his 1902 work, just so stories. It looks like the perfect illustration for the tale of how the elephant got its trunk. Rudyard kiplings tale of how the elephant got its trunk has always delighted with its playful use of language. I am going to the great greygreen, greasy limpopo river, all set. Legend has it that the elephant never used to have a trunk. The elephants child, told by jack nicholson with music by. How the elephant got its trunk is adapted from a story by british nobel laureate rudyard kipling. A retelling of the rudyard kipling tale jean richards, norman gorbaty on. A retelling of the rudyard kipling tale richards, jean, gorbaty, norman on. Learned and recorded as part of tell me another one an artssmarts project under the direction of storyteller dale gilbert jarvis. Kipling was born in india and spent the first six years of his childhood there. Kipling s just so stories are tied with the jungle book as.
Click download or read online button to get rudyard kipling s how the elephant got his trunk book now. Read download how the elephant got its trunk pdf pdf. After about ten years in england, he went back to india. Rudyard kipling s story narrated by jack nicholson. The elephants child or how the elephant got his trunk youtube.
A version of rudyard kipling s short story, how the elephant got his trunk, told by joshua somerton, a grade six student at holy cross elementary, st. This is the story of how an inquisitive baby elephant went from having a nose like a boot to having the trunk that we all know today. Published in 1902, these stories tell how the camel got its hump, how the armadillo got its scales, how the elephant got its trunk, and more. I am going to the great greygreen, greasy limpopo river, all set about with. The elephant got its trunk, the story goes, because one small elephant child was so curious as to what a hungry crocodile ate for dinner that he got too close to it. The insatiably curious elephant s child peppers every animal he meets with questions about the mysterious crocodile who lives on. The elephants child just so stories, rudyard kipling. Activities for elephants child by rudyard kipling wh. Kipling, who as a novelist dramatized the ambivalence of the british colonial experience, was born of english parents in bombay and as a child knew hindustani better than english. This is an adaptation of a famous rudyard kipling story, which explains how the elephant got its trunk. A series of origin stories for children by rudyard kipling, first published in 1902. Rudyard kipling s classic just so story, retold for young readers. How the elephant got its trunk, the cat that walked by himself, how the whale got his throat, how the camel got his hump, how the rhinoceros got his skin, how the leopard got his spots, the singsong of old man kangaroo, the beginning of armadillos, the crab that played with the sea, and the butterfly that stamped.
Using kipling s story as an example, let us perform a rca to understand how, exactly, the elephant got its trunk. Rudyard kipling s famous just so stories provides imaginative answers to the many questions children ask. 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. How the elephant got his trunk with apologies to rudyard kipling. I got a new one from the crocodile on the banks of the great.
All of the elephants didnt have trunks because it wasnt invented yet so they. A curious elephant looking for answers gets more than he bargained for. Rudyard kipling wrote a famous story about how the elephant got its trunk. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephants child youtube.
Fifteen percent of the profits from the sale of this audiobook will be donated to born free usa. Never has there been a more satisfying rendering of this just so story, which explains what the world was like in the beginning of years when the world was new and all. He wanted to know what the crocodile had for dinner so he left, where he meets creatures along the way. Just so stories, by rudyard kipling project gutenberg. The elephants child is a fable about how the elephant got its long trunk. How the elephant got its trunk and other wild animal. 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 forelegs, and stuffed it into his own mouth.
He began asking different animals questions, but each animal didnt like the way he was so nosy. How the elephant got its trunk, is because the croc clasped its jaws around the elephant childs trunk and pulled at it. Rudyard kipling s story beautifully narrated by david davis childrens hour. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that. By rudyard kipling contents how the whale got his throat.
In this retelling of rudyard kiplings classic tale, a curious young elephant tries to find out what the crocodile eats for dinner. The elephants child just so stories rudyard kipling lit2go etc. The book is about how elephants got their long noses. Sadly for this youngster, however, this was no scene from kipling. Or download how the elephant got its trunk and other wild animal stories for free with a 1 month trial subscription to or. Listen to how the elephant got its trunk and other wild animal stories audiobook by rudyard kipling, narrated by virginia mckenna. The elephant s child sat there for three days waiting for his nose to shrink. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. How the elephant got its trunk and other wild animal stories.
Instead he had a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could wriggle about from side to side. Helds 2014 account of evolutionary developmental biology evodevo, how the snake lost its legs. When he wanted grass he plucked grass up from the ground, instead of going on his knees as he used to. He asked his tall aunt, the ostrich, why her tailfeathers grew just so, and his tall aunt the. A retelling of the rudyard kipling tale by jean richards fictiondb. The elephants child resisted, helped by the bicolouredpythonrocksnake, but his nose was pulled out into a long trunk before the crocodile let go. How the elephant got his trunk at usborne childrens books. Norman gorbaty because of his curiosity about what the crocodile has for dinner, a little elephant and all elephants thereafter have long trunks. Rudyard kiplings story of how the elephant got its trunk has always delighted children with its playful use of language and sense of high adventure. Yes, there are a lot of adaptions of this one out there, but i think youll find mine to be unique. But there was one elephanta new elephantan elephants.
A baby elephant wandered around because he was curious. The story starts of with a curios elephant child who was full of curiosity and always got in trouble because of always asking questions. It s kipling s most famous justso story of how the elephant got its trunk. Rabbit ears the elephants child vhs for sale online ebay. It has all the adults who discourage the baby elephant from being curious which leads to his trip to find answers which leads to his fateful meeting with the crocodile. In the words of the man who wrote the jungle book, rudyard kipling, this is his story of how the elephant got his trunk with slight modifications for an easier read. A charming, illustrated retelling of one of rudyard kiplings just so stories, specially rewritten for children who are learning to read. The elephant s blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot became a really truly trunk same as all elephants have today. Curious tales from the frontier of evodevo, noted that while kipling s just so stories offered fabulous tales about how the leopard got its spots, how the elephant got its trunk, and so forth and remains one of the most popular. But it never grew any shorter, and, besides, it made him squint. I got a new one from the crocodile on the banks of the great greygreen. The elephant s child from the just so stories of rudyard kipling tells the story of how the elephant got its trunk.
N the high and faroff times the elephant, o best beloved, had no trunk. The story is set in africa, when the world was new and elephants did not have trunks. For the past few weeks, my students have been exploring just so stories by rudyard kipling. In the high and faroff times the elephant, o best beloved, had no trunk. Never has there been a more satisfying rendering of kiplings most beloved just so story, which explains what the world was like in the beginning of years when the world was new and all. 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.
At that time, a very little elephant lived with his family in africa. 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 found he could use it to swat flies, pick grass, and gather mud to cool his head. 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 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. When he finally meets the crocodile, he nearly becomes dinner. He spent an unhappy period of exile from his parents and the indian heat with a harsh aunt in england, followed by the public. How the elephant got its trunk adapted from rudyard kipling. The team behind gods gift eloquently retells kipling s classic tale, starring an endearingly snubnosed, aquacolored young elephant, bursting with curi. Long ago, baby elephant keeps asking what crocodile eats for dinner until he goes to the source and gets a big surprise. If youve ever wondered how the elephant got its trunk, how the rhinoceros got its skin, how the kangaroo got its powerful legs, or why the camel has a hump. This graphic adaptation of rudyard kipling s the elephant s child relates how a young elephant s insatiable curiosity explains the fact that all elephants have trunks. So the elephants child went home across africa frisking and whisking his trunk. He wanted to know what the crocodile had for dinner so he left, where he meets creatu.
How the elephant got his trunk by rudyard kipling scholastic. When he wanted grass he plucked grass up from the ground, instead of going on his knees as he used to do. It was also useful for picking up litter and for spanking his relatives when he got home. According to this muchloved fable, elephants didnt always have long trunks that is, until one day when the elephant s child could contain his curiosity no longer, stepping closer than he should have to the crocodile.
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