ELMER ELEPHANT (6) 完

ELMER ELEPHANT (6) 完

”Elmer, you're my hero ! "　cried Tillie Tiger, and she gave him a big kiss.

Now all the animal children, and lot of grown-up who had hurried over to see the fire, crowded around Elmer and Tillie.

But this time they did not make fun of Elmer's trunk.

Oh, no !
Now they would all gladly have traded their little round ears and their little blunt noses and their twirly tails for a wonderful curly trunk like his.

" Look at how he can curl iy right up to his mouth," said the hippopotamus child.

" Let's see you squirt some more water, " said the see you squirt some more water, " said the young monkey.

" Gee, that really is something ! " said the little lion admiringly.

" I think it is the nicest nose in the whole world, " said Tillie Tiger.

Elmer Elephant grinned a broad happy grin.

He did not say so, but he did not think his nose was bad himself now.

In fact, he thought it was a pretty nice nose.
And so do I.
Don't you ?

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