Friday, June 26, 2009

The Journey!

Brittany Hawkins


A Fellow Blogger
created this jolly elephant.

I felt he deserved to have his story told.


THE JOURNEY!


Major was an elephant with ideas above his station.
To see the world from up above, that was his inclination.
He padded round his zoo enclosure looking at the sky,
Thinking sadly ' Why is it that elephants don't fly?'
He asked his Keeper one fine day and earned this sharp retort...
' Take it from me, old Major, you're just not the flying sort!'
His friend, Giraffe, spoke kindly, and said 'Your trunk is great!
Many another creature would like to share your fate!
Like my long neck, you have a gift that sets you quite apart!
Many a bird would like a trunk but doesn't break its heart!
It just accepts that elephants have trunks and birds have wings,
And lots of other animals have lots of other things.
Look to the earth, dear Major, and see the glories there.'
But Major kept on brooding, gazing up into the air.
He really pined, he hung his head, he went right off his food,
And thoughts of flying in the sky would constantly intrude.
He started wobbling on his legs and looking really sick,
Till his Keeper said 'To the Hospital! And make it double quick!
The traffic's heavy on the roads! I doubt if we'd get by!
Oh what an awful pity that an elephant can't fly!'
'I know' cried Danny, the young boy who worked around the yard,
'Let's tie him to a big balloon! It wont be very hard!'
So they rang up a Balloon Man, who came there very quickly,
When they told him that an elephant was looking very sickly.
They harnessed Major carefully, as the people gathered there,
And very soon that elephant was sailing through the air.
They even supplied a telescope for looking at the view,
And he held it in his trunk as only elephants can do!
He saw the sea, he saw the ground, he saw the earth below,
But the big balloon, blown by the wind, started drifting to and fro!
It twirled around, it bounced a bit, it didn't miss a trick
And soon poor Major bellowed out 'I'm getting travel sick!'
So they brought him back down to the zoo, and he stood there looking shaken!
He said 'I always longed to fly but I was much mistaken!
I wont be silly any more; I'll eat and I'll get strong!
I know now I'm an elephant and I know where I belong!
I belong with four feet on the ground, with the members of my herd.
I'm glad that I'm an elephant and not a little bird!'


Another account gleaned from another Blogger here:




9 comments:

Delwyn said...

Hello RR

I think that your Major may be a relative of Horton who hatched the egg...that was a fun poem...

Happy days

Jo said...

Lovely Brenda; always a treat to visit your blog.

xxx said...

I love a good elephant story :-)

best wishes
Ribbon

quilly said...

I am so glad you told Major's story! I was spellbound reading it and loved every word.

Now, cany you draw the pics to go with because it would make a lovely children's book and has a great lesson, too!

maryt/theteach said...

Brenda, what a marvelous story! thank you for sharing it! :)

Mari Meehan said...

He needs to meet Dumbo!

Brittany Hawkins Davis said...

I love it! I couldn't stop smiling as I read it. You're so talented with words. It fits perfectly with the illustration! Great job!

Brittany

Dee Martin said...

This one is wonder-full. I agree with everyone - it needs to be a childrens' book with illustrations!

Kat said...

Until elephants evolve and grow wings, safer to everyone at ground level..!!