Journal #1

A long time ago the animals got to roam around freely. They did not have to worry about people intruding in their lives. But, there was a different kind of animal then. The elephants were not the same as they are now. They were still big and mighty but they did not have their trunks. The had a normal small nose but were the same in every other way. The elephants never hurt other animals or intruded in the Native American's lives. They roamed around and lived on their own without disturbing other animals. The elephants were a sacred animal because they never hurt anyone so nobody every hurt them. In fact people honored the elephants and try to always help the elephants. But, one day an elephant got into some trouble. It was the hottest day of the year and the elephant was so uncomfortable. For this certain elephant had never lived through a day that was this hot. The elephant went into the river and tried to cool off. This idea was working pretty well but the elephant's back would not go under water because the elephant was too big. He tried to splash water on to his back but this did not work. He tried to squat down farther but this to would not work because he was to big. The elephant's back was so hot he could barely stand it. He tried to shoot water back with his mouth and his face. He would dip his face in and splash water back but it would not reach. The elephant became hopeless. He dipped his face in on more time just to try. When suddenly then elephant shot the water back and it reached. The coolness of the water spread across the elephants back. He felt so relieved but then the elephant began to realize something was different about him. There had to of been something different to make the water reach his back. The elephant now had a trunk. Since the elephant never harmed anyone he was honored and got his truck.