Join Barnaby, the world's clumsiest and most lovable elephant, on a hilarious quest to become a tiny, fluttering butterfly! This heartwarming tale of self-discovery and laughter shows children that being yourself is the greatest adventure of all.
Barnaby the elephant sat in the tall grass, watching a colorful butterfly dance in the breeze. He decided right then and there that he didn't want to be a heavy elephant anymore; he wanted to be light and fluttery.
Barnaby gathered two enormous, bright green palm leaves and used sticky tree sap to glue them to his back. He wiggled his ears and gave his new wings a test flap, feeling very fancy indeed.
To practice flying, Barnaby flapped his leaf-wings as hard as he could while running down a hill. Instead of taking off, his trunk blew a giant gust of wind that sent a family of squirrels tumbling into a pile of soft moss.
Barnaby spotted a bright yellow sunflower and tried to land on it as gently as a feather. The poor flower bent all the way to the ground under his weight, and Barnaby ended up with a nose full of ticklish yellow pollen.
It was time for a butterfly snack, so Barnaby tried to sip nectar from a tiny flower using a very small straw. His loud slurping sound echoed through the entire jungle, making the grumpy old owls wake up from their naps.
He tried to perform a graceful butterfly dance in a clearing, spinning in circles on his tiptoes. His giant feet hit the ground with such a thud that coconuts began raining down from the trees like giant hailstones.
Barnaby saw his reflection in a big muddy puddle and tried to pose elegantly like a monarch butterfly. He slipped on the mud and landed with a giant splash, covering himself and a nearby frog in sticky brown goo.
His friends, Pip the Monkey and Zazu the Parrot, couldn't stop giggling at the sight of an elephant with leaf wings. They told Barnaby that while he might be heavy, he was the best at giving trunk-rides and reaching high-up fruit.
Suddenly, Barnaby noticed a tiny butterfly trapped in a sticky spiderweb high in a thorny bush. Using his long, strong trunk, he carefully reached up and gently rescued the butterfly, saving the day with his elephant strength.
Barnaby took off his leaf wings and realized that he didn't need to be small to be special. He was a Butterfly Elephant, big enough to help everyone and gentle enough to love the smallest friends in the jungle.
for kids of age 5 and funny story
