Helds 2014 account of evolutionary developmental biology evodevo, how the snake lost its legs. The elephants child or how the elephant got its trunk youtube. The elephants child or how the elephant got his trunk youtube. The elephant s child from the just so stories of rudyard kipling tells the story of how the elephant got its trunk. Set on he banks of the great greygreen, greasy limpopo river in africa. They spotted the elephant in great pain and even without much energy to even feel. 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. 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 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.
Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephants child. Wildlife team to the rescue this elephant has been in this dire situation for the past few days. Legend has it that the elephant never used to have a trunk. 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.
Rudyard kiplings tale of how the elephant got its trunk has always delighted with its playful use of language. A retelling of the rudyard kipling tale richards, jean. 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. No one has ever really known how the elephant got its trunk, or how the leopard got its spots. 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. How the elephant got its trunk by robert james overdrive. It may not be printed, photocopied or distributed digitally under any circumstances. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
A retelling of the rudyard kipling tale richards, jean, gorbaty, norman on. 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. 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 and other wild animal stories. 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. This is an adaptation of a famous rudyard kipling story, which explains how the elephant got its trunk. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Rudyard kipling wrote a famous story about how the elephant got its trunk.
Learned and recorded as part of tell me another one an artssmarts project under the direction of. How the elephant got its trunk tadpoles tales paperback august 30, 2012. Dont bother responding, because even though you can hear me, i cant hear you. We were in elephant territory, and it was our job to get out of the way. Up next english story the elephant s nose english folktales story for kids duration. At that time, a very little elephant lived with his family in africa. How the elephant got its trunk this is a picture of some mice. 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.
How the elephant got its trunk jean richards, author, norman gorbaty, illustrator, illus. All of the elephants didnt have trunks because it wasnt invented yet so they. Why elephant has a trunk by claudia lloyd goodreads. How the elephant got its trunk and other wonders of. Find out just how the elephant got its long trunk in this unique twist on the tale. Tales by robert james author garyfallia leftheri illustrator. 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. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. 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. 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. After about ten years in england, he went back to india and worked there for about sixandhalf years. How the elephant got its trunk adapted by susan labella from a story by rudyar kipling narrator 1. The elephants child or how the elephant got his trunk.
Later on, another person also joins in to help the man. How the elephant got his trunk at usborne childrens books. How the elephant got its trunk, is because the croc clasped its jaws around the elephant childs trunk and pulled at it. Ramonapetrescuusborne elephants didnt always have long trunks. Then, with a mighty jerk, the elephant succeeded in freeing his trunk from the crocodile. 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. 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. Sadly for this youngster, however, this was no scene from kiplings just so stories but alltoopainful. 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. It was published, with other stories about animals, such as how the leopard got its spots, in a book called the just so. The league of gentlemen s03e06 how the elephant got its trunk. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. It looks like the perfect illustration for the tale of 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.
Elephants didnt always have long trunks that is, until one day when the elephant s child could. So when hippopotamus gets stuck in the river, nambo must decide whether or not to help her. He wanted to know what the crocodile had for dinner so he left, where he meets creatures along the way. Annoyed, hippopotamus tricks nambo into finding out the answer for himself. 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. The league of gentlemen how the elephant got its trunk tv episode 2002 on imdb. He just wants to know what crocodiles eat for lunch. The elephant s child is a fable about how the elephant got its long trunk.
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 is set in africa, when the world was new and elephants did. Check your internet connection, disable any ad blockers, and try again. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephants child youtube. But he was once without it, and had a very ordinary short snout like other animals. But since elephant did not have a trunk he could not clean himself or smell how bad he smelled. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephant s child. Stanley is a very curious elephant and his desire to find out what. This project will lay the foundation for work that will answer those questions and many others, dr. Angry, the elephant sucked all the water from the river.
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. 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. The elephants kept coming out of the bush, and our safari guide kept calmly backing the jeep up. 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. The league of gentlemen how the elephant got its trunk. African folklore story of how the elephant got its trunk. The footage was shared on the video sharing platform tiktok. Its based on rudyard kiplings oftadapted elephant s child from his 1902 work, just so stories. Home browse books catalogue reading programme first reading level 1 how the elephant got his trunk.
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. Just so storiesthe elephants child wikisource, the. How the elephant got its trunk is adapted from a story by british nobel laureate rudyard kipling. Mrs quinn reads us the story of how the elephant got that long trunk. When brian tells keith that his wife went missing when the circus came to town, it is discovered that keith has a secret identity. Nevertheless i persevered, and finally found an elephant who could talk. 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. But, in tug of war, the elephant s nose had become really long. Kipling was born in india and spent the first six years of his childhood there. Baby elephant has trunk yanked by crocodile daily mail. With mark gatiss, steve pemberton, reece shearsmith, isabelle estelle corbusier. Then, he sucked some mud and sprayed it on the crocodile and the toad. 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.