The Horse and the Elephant
Due to a freak experiment,
The horse was bigger than
The elephant
“Wow.”
The elephant said;
“I thought I was a big guy!”
“You should count your blessings!”
The horse responded;
“It’s terrible to be this big and tall!”
Although the horse body had grown,
The truth was,
The horses legs had not
Her legs were still as thin
As when she had been normal size
“Am I a freak? I can barely stand!”
The horse asked the elephant aloud
“No! You’re still yourself! You’re still a horse, aren’t you?”
“Ok, great! Then don’t worry about not being able to hold yourself up!”
“BUT I CAN’T HOLD MYSELF UP!!”
The elephant had a brilliant, self-sacrificial idea to help the horse!!
“Here! How about I give you my legs?”
“Your legs?!”
“Yes, my friend!!”
The elephant detached his legs and shoved them on the ground,
In front of his horse friend!!
“You can take off yours, and put mine on!!”
“Ok, if you say so, elephant. As long as it doesn’t affect you too badly! Here goes!”
The horse detached his own legs
And gave them to the elephant!
In the end, the horse learned how to stand
On two, sturdy legs!!
While the elephant sacrificed
His own legs
In order to help
His horse friend!!
Although the elephant
Had trouble standing properly now,
And sometimes had to sit and rest,
As he smiled to himself,
And waited for his long, thin legs,
To build up muscle,
And get used
To supporting his weight,
He felt great
“This isn’t so bad!!”
He said,
Proud of his self-sacrifice
He smiled happily
Because he had
Been able to help
An oversized animal friend!