Then, he sucked some mud and sprayed it on the crocodile and the toad. How the elephant got its trunk jean richards, author, norman gorbaty, illustrator, illus. The league of gentlemen s03e06 how the elephant got its trunk. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. The elephants child or how the elephant got his trunk youtube.
Find out just how the elephant got its long trunk in this unique twist on the tale. How the elephant got his trunk rubber boots and elf shoes. How the elephant got its trunk, is because the croc clasped it s jaws around the elephant childs trunk and pulled at it. Rudyard kipling wrote a famous story about how the elephant got its trunk. 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. Mrs quinn reads us the story of how the elephant got that long trunk. How the elephant got his trunk at usborne childrens books. A retelling of the rudyard kipling tale richards, jean. The story is set in africa, when the world was new and elephants did. It amazes me how adding an innocuous word such as always bolsters an otherwise flat oneliner in this case, spoken by an elephant to a hippo. The elephants child or how the elephant got its trunk youtube. The elephants child or how the elephant got its trunk. No one has ever really known how the elephant got its trunk, or how the leopard got its spots. Legend has it that the elephant never used to have a trunk.
She earns her trunk as she pulls backwards until the croc finally gives up, only to realize that her heretofore small nose has been stretched out. Just so storiesthe elephants child wikisource, the. Wildlife team to the rescue this elephant has been in this dire situation for the past few days. Check your internet connection, disable any ad blockers, and try again. 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. A cheerful, curious, smallnosed young elephant s quest to find out what crocodiles have for dinner leads her down to the river, where she finds out with terrifying immediacy that crocs like to eat young elephants, starting by grabbing their noses.
Set on he banks of the great greygreen, greasy limpopo river in africa. Nevertheless i persevered, and finally found an elephant who could talk. 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. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. How the elephant got its trunk adapted by susan labella from a story by rudyar kipling narrator 1. How the elephant got its trunk and other wonders of. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. The footage was shared on the video sharing platform tiktok.
A version of rudyard kiplings short story, how the elephant got his trunk, told by joshua somerton, a grade six student at holy cross elementary, st. When brian tells keith that his wife went missing when the circus came to town, it is discovered that keith has a secret identity. How the elephant got its trunk tadpoles tales paperback august 30, 2012. How the elephant got its trunk, is because the croc clasped its jaws around the elephant childs trunk and pulled at it. The elephants child or how the elephant got his trunk. But he was once without it, and had a very ordinary short snout like other animals. It may not be printed, photocopied or distributed digitally under any circumstances. Curious tales from the frontier of evodevo, noted that while kiplings 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. How the elephant got its trunk this is a picture of some mice. When crocodile snapped his nose and the other animals pulled elephant by the this book is a very child friendly book with easy to understand language and beautiful, colourful pictures to compliment the story and its. All of the elephants didnt have trunks because it wasnt invented yet so they. 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.
With mark gatiss, steve pemberton, reece shearsmith, isabelle estelle corbusier. Baby elephant has trunk yanked by crocodile daily mail. All of the elephants didnt have trunks because it wasnt invented yet so they looked liked pigs, but i will tell you how the elephants got their trunks. The story starts of with a curios elephant child who was full of curiosity and always got in trouble because of always asking questions. Helds 2014 account of evolutionary developmental biology evodevo, how the snake lost its legs. Angry, the elephant sucked all the water from the river. They spotted the elephant in great pain and even without much energy to even feel. Elephants didnt always have long trunks that is, until one day when the elephant s child could. This is legend of how the elephant got its trunk by lee kuo on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. This project will lay the foundation for work that will answer those questions and many others, dr. But, in tug of war, the elephant s nose had become really long. This is just a picture of the elephant s child going to pull bananas off a bananatree after he had got his fine new long trunk. The elephant s child from the just so stories of rudyard kipling tells the story of how the elephant got its trunk.
Up next english story the elephant s nose english folktales story for kids duration. African folklore story of how the elephant got its trunk. Its based on rudyard kiplings oftadapted elephant s child from his 1902 work, just so stories. It was published, with other stories about animals, such as how the leopard got its spots, in a book called the just so.
After about ten years in england, he went back to india and worked there for about sixandhalf years. So when hippopotamus gets stuck in the river, nambo must decide whether or not to help her. He just wants to know what crocodiles eat for lunch. He wanted to know what the crocodile had for dinner so he left, where he meets creatures along the way. Rudyard kiplings tale of how the elephant got its trunk has always delighted with its playful use of language. We were in elephant territory, and it was our job to get out of the way.
The shortclip shows the elephant picking the fruits with its trunk and quickly eating them, and a man, possibly the owner of the fruit shop, is seen desperately lifting the fruits from the road to save them from the animal. Scientists have set out to unravel the mystery of how the elephant got its trunk and why the leopard gained its spots by creating a genome zoo. Whilst magician dean tavoularis takes his magic show on the streets and keith harriss dog cinema faces competition reenie has a new helper in the charity shop keith drop,to replace vinnie wythenshaw,who died retrieving the plastic bag that caused the crash. Annoyed, hippopotamus tricks nambo into finding out the answer for himself. A retelling of the rudyard kipling tale richards, jean, gorbaty, norman on. How the elephant got its trunk and other wild animal stories. This is an adaptation of a famous rudyard kipling story, which explains how the elephant got its trunk. Deb ramm, a 4th grade teacher in the johnston school district of johnston, ri used icreate to educates mycreate app and sam animation software to tell their. How the elephant got its trunk by robert james overdrive.
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Kipling was born in india and spent the first six years of his childhood there. Instead he had a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could wriggle about from side to side. Now it is a matter of common knowledge that the elephant has a long trunk, which he uses both as a nose and as a sort of hand. Learned and recorded as part of tell me another one an artssmarts project under the direction of. There were majestic matriarchs, young uns, and a baby who was so new it kept falling over its own feet, needing to be scooped up by a friendly trunk. Tales by robert james author garyfallia leftheri illustrator. Stanley is a very curious elephant and his desire to find out what. At that time, a very little elephant lived with his family in africa. Ramonapetrescuusborne elephants didnt always have long trunks. Later on, another person also joins in to help the man. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephant s child. The elephants kept coming out of the bush, and our safari guide kept calmly backing the jeep up.
It s a legend about how the elephant got its trunk, and it would be a fun book to have in your classroom library, so the kids could use it during ssr or something, or of course, the teacher could use it as a read aloud. The league of gentlemen how the elephant got its trunk. Dont bother responding, because even though you can hear me, i cant hear you. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephants child youtube. The elephant s child is a fable about how the elephant got its long trunk. 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.
Sadly for this youngster, however, this was no scene from kiplings just so stories but alltoopainful. But since elephant did not have a trunk he could not clean himself or smell how bad he smelled. Why elephant has a trunk by claudia lloyd goodreads. Home browse books catalogue reading programme first reading level 1 how the elephant got his trunk.
Ever wonder why elephant has a trunk, or why tortoise has a broken shell, or why flamingo stands on one leg, or why lion roars. How the elephant got its trunk is adapted from a story by british nobel laureate rudyard kipling. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephants child. Then, with a mighty jerk, the elephant succeeded in freeing his trunk from the crocodile. It looks like the perfect illustration for the tale of how the elephant got its trunk. The league of gentlemen how the elephant got its trunk tv episode 2002 on imdb. 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.
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