One morning all the animals were sleeping. The first animal to get up was elephant. Elephant couldn't remember very well, and this morning he couldn't remember where he put his sneakers.
When all the animals woke up they all wanted to change their looks in some way.
Leopard said, "I have spots, but I want more spots."
Camel said, I have humps' but I want more humps."
Ram said, "My horns are big, but I want bigger horns."
Turtle said, "I have a hard shell, but I want a more harder shell."
Giraffe said, "I have a long neck, but I want a longer neck."
Zebra said, "I have stripes, but I want more stripes."
All the animals turned and looked at elephant. All the animals asked elephant all together, "What do you want?"
Elephant said, "I don't know, I'll have to think about it." Elephant thought and thought but he couldn't figure out what he wanted to do. He sat on a rock thinking about it day and night just waiting for an idea to come to his mind.
Soon after a few days he forgot where he left his pogo stick and this gave him an idea. He went to his friends and he told them he wanted to remember things.
His friends said, "That's great, we'll go to the animal king to get our wishes first thing tomorrow morning! The next morning elephant's friends told elephant to go to the animal king because they did not want to go there. So elephant went but he was very lazy too so it took him six whole days and nights to get there, and when got to the animal king's house he told the king his friend's wishes but he did not remember them correctly and when he got back to where the animals were, the animals looked funny so they went back to the king's house to make sure they got their right wishes and that is why they say an elephant never forgets.
- Niribili (Niky) Sarmah. Niribili is in Grade-III in Amosland Elementary School, 549 Amosland Road, Morton, PA-19070. She hopes children age 6-8 will love to read this story. This story already published by Amosland publication center.
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