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Name: How the elephant got his trunk
Author: Anna Milbourne

📘 How the elephant got his trunk by Anna Milbourne

Rudyard Kipling's classic 'Just So' story, retold for young readers. According to this much-loved fable, elephants didn't always have long trunks, that is, until one day when the elephant's child could contain his curiosity no longer, stepping closer than he should have to the crocodile.

First publish date: 2015

Authors: Anna Milbourne

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