Yesterday was a tough night - I thought I might get away easy when she said the story had to be about a lion, a tiger and an elephant. I could make one up with all three animals and finish for the day. But no, things are never that easy. She decided that she wanted a story each for each animal.
I began with the lion and then moved on to the elephant. But I don't want to write those stories here - I couldn't think of one good enough to tell her. I just fumbled through about a lion trying to find it's mate and ended with they lived happily ever after :-). The elephant's story is a little more interesting.
There were once two elephants that lived in a jungle - Ramu and Somu. Ramu was the taller of the two elephants and he had giant tusks. Somu was a little smaller but also had fine tusks. The two were good friends and spent all their time walking through the jungle, talking about a lot of stories, eating good food and generally having fun.
One day, Ramu had left Somu in a clearing and gone to drink water from a stream nearby. On his return he saw a terrible sight - Somu had got caught by a hunter who gave it some medicine to make it sleep and pulled out it's tusks. Ramu was very angry to see this. He decided to follow the hunter and get the tusks back. He walked behind him for a long distance until the hunter reached his village. The hunter left the tusks in his home and went away on some work.
There was a child near the hunter's home - about three or four years old. Ramu made friends with the child and told him of what the hunter had done. The child agreed to help Ramu get the tusks from the hunter. They managed to get the tusks from the hunter's home and the child travelled back with Ramu to the jungle to get the tusks back to Somu. Once there, they found Somu awake but crying because his tusks were missing. Ramu produced the tusks and Somu was very happy - only, nobody knew what to do with the tasks. How would they fix them up again? At this point, I suggested that maybe they could glue the tusks back up with Fevicol. Use a big bucket of fevicol and glue them back, I said. Sammu looked at me with a little contempt - fevicol does not stick tusks, she declared. So we made Ramu and the child try to stick the tusks but fail. And then, we found that elephants tusks grow back again... :-) Just like lizards' tails do... !!!
So Ramu and Somu were happy and they played happily with the child and all was well again!!!
I began with the lion and then moved on to the elephant. But I don't want to write those stories here - I couldn't think of one good enough to tell her. I just fumbled through about a lion trying to find it's mate and ended with they lived happily ever after :-). The elephant's story is a little more interesting.
There were once two elephants that lived in a jungle - Ramu and Somu. Ramu was the taller of the two elephants and he had giant tusks. Somu was a little smaller but also had fine tusks. The two were good friends and spent all their time walking through the jungle, talking about a lot of stories, eating good food and generally having fun.
One day, Ramu had left Somu in a clearing and gone to drink water from a stream nearby. On his return he saw a terrible sight - Somu had got caught by a hunter who gave it some medicine to make it sleep and pulled out it's tusks. Ramu was very angry to see this. He decided to follow the hunter and get the tusks back. He walked behind him for a long distance until the hunter reached his village. The hunter left the tusks in his home and went away on some work.
There was a child near the hunter's home - about three or four years old. Ramu made friends with the child and told him of what the hunter had done. The child agreed to help Ramu get the tusks from the hunter. They managed to get the tusks from the hunter's home and the child travelled back with Ramu to the jungle to get the tusks back to Somu. Once there, they found Somu awake but crying because his tusks were missing. Ramu produced the tusks and Somu was very happy - only, nobody knew what to do with the tasks. How would they fix them up again? At this point, I suggested that maybe they could glue the tusks back up with Fevicol. Use a big bucket of fevicol and glue them back, I said. Sammu looked at me with a little contempt - fevicol does not stick tusks, she declared. So we made Ramu and the child try to stick the tusks but fail. And then, we found that elephants tusks grow back again... :-) Just like lizards' tails do... !!!
So Ramu and Somu were happy and they played happily with the child and all was well again!!!
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