Elephant Times

• Briana Higgins, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2019

When I see an elephant at the zoo I always wonder what it's like to be one. After getting back to my home I asked my mum "What do you think its like being an elephant?". She always replies the same thing: "I don't know my dear, why don't you ask an elephant?". I always go to sleep wondering about that question my mum asked me and after waking up the this morning I remembered that today was the day that we were going to the zoo to study the animals.
After arriving to the zoo I asked the teacher if we could visit the elephants first. After getting to the elephant cage I asked one wise looking elephant "what is it like being an elephant?". Can you guess what happened next? Well, I suddenly felt quite dizzy and then I looked down to my legs which felt like they had just being born. Guess what I saw? I saw 4 elephant legs!! Now I am going to have to live the life of an elephant. I have been at the zoo for a week now and I think I know what it's like being an elephant. It includes eating grass, having to cope with the smelly poop and eating with a trunk. I DO NOT like being an elephant. I wished I could turn into a human again. I closed and opened my eyes. It was just a dream. Ahh... its good to be back.