Elephant

• Maddy Bennett
• Short Story
• 2005

There once was an elephant and it lived in the jungle. But the only bad thing was he always ate food. Now, once there was a drought and the animals needed to collect food and water. All the animals except the elephant worked all day. But when the animals went to bed, the elephant went into the storeroom and ate up all the food.
But the animals did not know this and they blamed the little bunny Scamper, who wasn't living near the jungle and collected her own food too. Soon the animals were tired of collecting food and water, so they decided to ask elephant to help. When the hedgehog came to ask elephant to help he was too busy eating lemonade and cream buns that he couldn't even open the door. It happened to all the other too.
So they decided to ask the wise owl. He said to spy on the elephant and tell him the news, the next day.
So they trustingly but puzzled went. That afternoon they all had a big sleep because it would be a late night for them.
So that night they waited in the storeroom. They expected to hear hopping but instead they heard thumping. "Ah" said Hedgehog, "so that's why I could hear munching". They were so excited that they rushed to tell owl. "It,it,it's Elephant said monkey feeling nervious to speak to him at night." Give him this potion and he will be forced to work and to forget about food." But he's col....said monkey. "Go now!!" thundered the owl so loud that they got blown out. Ar,ar,ar.. I certainly won't be going there again, said Monkey.
That night they put the potion with the lemonade. Then the Elephant drank the potion and now the Elephant does not do that any more.