How the elephant got his trunk

‘And the Elephant’s Child spread all his little four legs and pulled, and pulled, and pulled, and his nose kept on stretching; and the Crocodile threshed his tail like an oar, and he pulled, and pulled, and pulled, and at each pull the Elephant’s Child’s nose grew longer and longer – and it hurt him...’

- from Kipling's The Elephants Child

 

Sadly for this youngster, however, this was no scene from Kipling’s Just So Stories but all-too-painful reality.

 

But things did end well:

Hearing the baby’s calls of distress, the herd of elephants immediately went to its rescue, scaring off the crocodile by trumpeting and stamping the ground. After the attack the herd stayed with the youngster.

 

Read the story here.