One day an elephant walked into a forest in search of friends.
He saw a monkey on a tree. “Will you be my friend?” asked the elephant. The monkey replied, “You are too big. You can not swing from trees like me.” 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 (洞穴)!” 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 gobble us all up!” The animals all ran away to hide.
The elephant wondered what he could do to save everyone in the forest. Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find. The elephant walked up to the tiger and said, “Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals.” “Mind your own business!” shouted the tiger. The elephant has no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick (一记重拳). The scared tiger ran for his life.
The elephant went back into the forest to tell the good news to everyone. All the animals thanked the elephant. They said, “You are just the right size to be our friend.”
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