Trunk

Long ago there lived a goddess named Chicka. Chicka was a normal human being; however she could turn into a chicken. Chicka also disliked small nosed things. She wondered why they had a tiny nose. Bigger noses are much better thought Chicka. Chicka lived in Africa where she saw elephants everyday. At this time elephants had very small noses. Chicka watched an elephant with a nose smaller than a mouse's.

The elephant with the small nose was called Elphie. Elphie was a big elephant but people didn't like the fact that he had a small nose. Even his mother wished that he could be like all the other elephants with a slightly bigger nose. Chicka wanted to do something about his nose. Chicka decided she would try two things to get his nose bigger. The first idea was to get him to the Growing River. A magical river that could make things grow. The second idea was to pull his nose out.

A couple of days later Chicka told the elephant to go to Growing River. Chicka said your mother wanted you to go there. Elphie wondered why his mother wanted him to go to the Growing River. He listened to Chicka and went to Growing River.  

When Elphie got to Growing River he found a note from his mom. It was an old piece of crunched up paper. Elphie read the letter:

Dear Elphie I would like you to stick your trunk into Growing River it would help me out a lot. I hope you get this message

Your Mom

Elphie stuck his trunk in Growing River but nothing happened. Chicka watched in astonishment. She wondered why his trunk didn't grow. Then she remembered plan two.

The next day Elphie took a stroll down to the watering hole. He stuck his head in and started to drink the water. Chicka was watching from a tree. When Elphie stopped drinking, Chicka flew straight down to Elphie's nose. She stuck her talons in Elphie's trunk. She started to pull. Elphie went ballistic. Chicka pulled and pulled. Finally Elphie's nose stretched out longer and longer. Suddenly something magical happened. All of the elephant's noses grew to a long size just like Elphie's. Chicka was so happy that the shock killed her. That's how the elephants got their trunks.  

    The End

Y'all know the back story to all of these this one was dated grade 5. With a comment on how my teacher thought it was funny.