One day an elephant wandered into the forest in search of friends.
He saw a monkey on a tree.
“Will you be my friend?" asked the elephant.
“You are too big. You can not swing from trees like me" replied the monkey.
Next, the elephant met a rabbit. He asked him to be his friend.
But the rabbit said, “You are too big to play in my burrow!"
Then, the elephant met a frog.
“Will you be my friend?" He asked.
“How can I?" asked the frog. “You are too big to leap about like me."
The elephant was upset. He met a fox next.
“Will you be my friend?" he asked the fox.
The fox said, “Sorry, sir, you are too big."
The next day, the elephant saw all the animals in the forest running for their lives.
The elephant asked them what the matter was.
The bear replied, “There is a tiger in the forest. He’s trying to eat us!"
The elephant wondered what he could do to help everyone in the forest.
The elephant walked up to the tiger and said, “Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals."
“Mind your own business!" growled the tiger.
The elephant had no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick.
The frightened tiger ran for his life.
The elephant went back into the forest to announce the good news to everyone.
All the animals thanked the elephant.
They said, “You are just the right size to be our friend."
