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Before he thought what he was
doing
the Elephant’s Child
put
out his trunk and plucked a large
bundle of grass, dusted it clean
against his fore-legs, and stuffed it
into his own mouth.
‘Vantage number two!’
said
the
Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake.
‘You couldn’t have done that with
a mear-smear nose.
Don’t you think
the sun is very hot here?’