The Elephant Tha Ant and the Butterfly

The elephant was walking through the jungle one day Swinging his trunk, this and that way. He dragged it along not caring where still And then he dragged it through, a very large Ant hill. His trunk started to itch and annoy him a bit He wandered around to look for somewhere to scratch it. He found a tree and wrapped his trunk around The leaves and the fruits all dropped down to the ground The itch it then moved, it was now up at his nose He needed to rub it on anything that goes. He found a rock and rubbed with all his might It was covered in insects and they all took flight. Apart from a butterfly that dropped on his tusk She lay there broken smelling faintly of musk The itch it had moved up onto his head right close to his eyes Then he heard a voice which was quite a surprise. Hey you be more careful you great big beast You’ve ruined my home and knocked off the giraffes feast. You’ve forced insects to flee from the rock where they lay And you have a broken butterfly on you tusk, now what do you say? The elephant stopped in his tracks and looked around He couldn’t see, from where came the sound. Elephant shook his head as the itch went to his ear Then the voice said it’s me stupid, I am in your ear. The elephant stopped and begged, please keep still You are making me itch and it’s making me ill Please show yourself and let me apologise I meant no harm especially to you or the butterflies. The ant crawled out of the elephant’s ear He said, I need you to go back to my anthill I fear I need to check up and the wounded and dead If you do this for me I’ll stop itching on your head. Ok said the elephant I’ll do that for you But what about this butterfly, what can we do? I’m not sure said the ant, to the elephants ear We’ll sort it in a bit when we get near. They set of and found the squashed ants and hill The elephant cried it made him feel ill. The ant said we need new home and quick And for the butterfly she is quite sick. The elephant was sad and offered what help he could . You can move in my trunk and I promise I’ll be good Thank you we will said the ant, just for a while And we can help the butterfly said the ant with a smile. So together they set of all content and happy The elephant the butterfly and the little Anty.