Reaction About the Letter of Rizal to the Young Women of Malolos
The Elephant's Child
(an adaptation) by Rudyard Kipling Parts: (9) Narrator 1 Narrator 2 Elephant Child Kolokolo Bird Crocodile Brother 1 Brother 2 Ostrich Giraffe Narrator 1: In the high and far-off times, the elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could wriggle about from side to side--but he couldn't pick up things with it. Narrator 2: But there was one elephant, a new elephant--an elephant child--who was full of 'satiable curiosity, and that means he asked ever so many questions! He lived in Africa, and he filled all Africa with his 'satiable curiosities. He asked his tall aunt, the Ostrich: "Why do your tail feathers grow just so?" And she spanked him with her hard, hard claw. He asked his tall uncle, the Giraffe: "What makes your skin spotty?" And Uncle Giraffe smacked him with his tail. He asked his broad aunt, the Hippopotomus: "What makes your eyes red?" And she spanked him with her broad, broad hoof. He asked his hairy uncle, the Baboon: "Why do melons taste just so?" And his Uncle Baboon spanked him with his hairy paw. 'satiable curiosity! And still he was full of
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He asked questions about everything that he saw, or heard, or felt, or smelled, or touched and all his uncles and aunts spanked him. And still he was full of 'satiable curiosity! One fine morning, this 'satiable elephant's child asked a new, fine question that he had never asked before. He asked: "What does the crocodile have for dinner?" Then everybody said: Hush! And they spanked him for a long, long time. By and by, when that was finished, he came upon the Kolokolo bird and he said to him: "My father, my mother, all my aunts and uncles, have spanked me and I still want to know what the crocodile has for dinner!"
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(an adaptation) by Rudyard Kipling Parts: (9) Narrator 1 Narrator 2 Elephant Child Kolokolo Bird Crocodile Brother 1 Brother 2 Ostrich Giraffe Narrator 1: In the high and far-off times, the elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could wriggle about from side to side--but he couldn't pick up things with it. Narrator 2: But there was one elephant, a new elephant--an elephant child--who was full of 'satiable curiosity, and that means he asked ever so many questions! He lived in Africa, and he filled all Africa with his 'satiable curiosities. He asked his tall aunt, the Ostrich: "Why do your tail feathers grow just so?" And she spanked him with her hard, hard claw. He asked his tall uncle, the Giraffe: "What makes your skin spotty?" And Uncle Giraffe smacked him with his tail. He asked his broad aunt, the Hippopotomus: "What makes your eyes red?" And she spanked him with her broad, broad hoof. He asked his hairy uncle, the Baboon: "Why do melons taste just so?" And his Uncle Baboon spanked him with his hairy paw. 'satiable curiosity! And still he was full of
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He asked questions about everything that he saw, or heard, or felt, or smelled, or touched and all his uncles and aunts spanked him. And still he was full of 'satiable curiosity! One fine morning, this 'satiable elephant's child asked a new, fine question that he had never asked before. He asked: "What does the crocodile have for dinner?" Then everybody said: Hush! And they spanked him for a long, long time. By and by, when that was finished, he came upon the Kolokolo bird and he said to him: "My father, my mother, all my aunts and uncles, have spanked me and I still want to know what the crocodile has for dinner!"
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