The Elephant and the Sparrow
A sparrow built her nest on a big tree. One day a wild elephant broke the branch, and her eggs were lost.
The sparrow cried. Her friends came: a woodpecker, a fly and a frog.
"We will help you," they said. "We are small, but we are many."
The fly buzzed in the elephant's ear until he shut his eyes. Then the woodpecker gently pecked and made them itch.
The elephant was thirsty and could not see. The frog croaked from far away, near a deep muddy pit.
The elephant followed the sound, slipped into the mud, and learned to be gentle with small creatures.
Many small friends together can do what one strong one cannot.
TeamworkDid you know?
An elephant can hear another elephant calling from ten kilometres away.
Try this at home
Do one job today with a friend that would be hard to do alone.
Questions to talk about
Ask these after reading. The answer is underneath each one.
Who helped the sparrow?
Answer: A fly, a woodpecker and a frog
What did the frog do?
Answer: Croaked near a muddy pit
What is the moral?
Answer: Small friends together are strong
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