Reading together is one of the most wonderful parent-child interactions. There's nothing quite like snuggling up and reading and sharing something terrific. Here is an original story that you can read aloud to your child. The elephant was pulling leaves out of a tree, munching them so loudly he couldn't hear me coming. Oh, yeah, it was a him, the really long tusks were a dead giveaway.
Females have very short ones.
But big old bulls like this are usually a lot more alert than this geezer. I sneaked up closer, closer, closer still. Then I gulped. I was caught. Waves of anger wash over me.