SUNDAYS WITH HRIDAAN – Hridaan Patel reads ‘The Elephant’s Child’ – the most lovable story of Rudyard Kipling, retold by Miles Kelly.
The theme of this short story is that curiosity can open up new abilities, ideas, and knowledge. Even though everyone told him to stop thinking about the crocodile, he kept pursuing his quest, and now he has a full-grown trunk. The young elephant hero is full of questions. Why is his tall uncle the giraffe so spotty? Why are the eyes of his broad aunt the hippopotamus so red? Above all, he wants to know what the crocodile has for dinner. And in the end we learn how the elephant got his trunk.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling’s works of fiction include The Jungle Book, Kim, and many short stories, including “The Man Who Would Be King”.
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