Zahara's Move

A storytime tale by Bebe Jenkins about an elephant and her friends.
== Lyrics ==
Zahara the elephant loved her best friends, Gincy Gorilla and Mabuufo the Hippopotamus, but her favourite friends in the world were humans; every morning at 9 AM, she ate asparagus, cabbage and cauliflower with broccoli, hay, bananas and green apples for breakfast. After ambling out of her hut in the wildlife preserve to a round of applause, she flapped her ears, waved her trunk and wiggled her tail, then drank water and sprayed everybody in sight, making them giggle! One day, CC the Animal Rescuer gave Zahara her breakfast, rubbed her ears and said, "It'll be quiet for a while; we are shutting the preserve to get ready for your big move, but do not worry. You will love your new home with a larger hut and a brand-new waterfall for bathing! Just wait and see...you will absolutely adore your new home!" CC pet Zahara, then left to feed Gincy Gorilla and Mabuufo. Zahara went to her mama and said, "Hey, Mama; we've gotta move 'cause this wildlife preserve is adding new beasts!" Zahara's mama asked her sweet daughter, "Hey, guess what?" "What?" inquired Zahara. "We'll have a great new hut for sleep and a refreshing waterfall for hygiene!" Zahara's mama answered. Zahara replied, "I'm feeling hopeful about my future! I'll love it over there because I'm so excited about the great, big waterfall!" Chichi and Gincy said, "We're going to miss you, but thank you for being optimistic about moving! You'll have smart and fun new neighbours to hang out with." Mabuufo added, "I'm going to miss you!" After a quiet week at the wildlife preserve, CC lead Zahara and her mama into a huge, fruit punch-scented truck that rumbled. Gincy said, "Farewell to Zahara and her mama!" CC added, "Have fun living in your new home-and remember, take good care of yourselves!" Mabuufo said, "Good-bye, Zahara! We all miss you!" The elephants replied, "Thank you! Fare thee well!" A few minutes later, the truck stopped and CC lead the elephants out; Zahara bravely thanked CC for all he did on behalf of the mother. "This waterfall is so pretty!" exclaimed Zahara, soaking her feet. "Indubitably, it is a gorgeous waterfall!" added CC. "Over here, your new hut will make you feel like a VIP!" Zahara walked out of the waterfall and into the giant new hut. She trumpeted, "Eorh! Eorh!" Zahara's mama replied, "I'm glad that you love your new, cozy hut!" Zahara thankfully replied, "I love it, you love it and even CC loves it!" CC thanked Zahara and her mama; the two pachyderms replied, "You're welcome, sir!" Zahara heard a "Naa, naa!" noise and then, she followed the sound and said, "Hi! My name is Zahara! What's yours?" Zahara's new friend replied, "I'm Kym the Giraffe; I love acacia leaves and I love YOU, my adoring fan!" Zahara was overjoyed, so she went, "Eooorhhh!!" Kym replied, "Naaa, naaa!" The two best friends had fun making their beastly calls, then they walked around and met an anteater named Leonard. "Hey, Leonard! We're thrilled to see ya!" the two beasts exclaimed super-cheerily. "Yo, this is Leonard the Anteater;" replied Leonard. "I'm glad that we are all friends here." Zahara and Kym replied, "Us, too!" Zahara's mama came up to the three best friends and recited a rhyming poem that she studied in Pachyderm Elementary's Kindergarten and Grade 1 Split class: "Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other's gold." Zahara, Kym and Leonard responded, "We know that because we love our old best friends, Gincy, Mabuufo and CC!" Zahara replied, "Oh, mama! I love you as much as my old AND new favourite friends here!" Zahara's mama answered, "I love all of you here very much; we should get together because you know what that means: the more we get together, the happier we are!" The beastly friends cheered and they all went over to Zahara's hut for a sleepover; Zahara's mama was the hostess in charge of the activities. Firstly, they had a relaxation session at the waterfall and secondly, they had a feast of cabbages, cauliflowers, green apples, hay, bananas, broccoli, asparagus and acacia leaves. CC tucked in Zahara, Kym and Leonard with a soothing lullaby because bedtime ended the sleepover. When the sun came up, Zahara ate her balanced breakfast and met some brand-new human friends as she happily performed her water-squirting trick in front of the many children and adolescents as well as the elderly grown-ups. Everyone lived happily ever after in the new conservation area!
== The Moral ==
Friendship is important because old and new friends are precious, just like silver and gold.
Category:Stories