Hello! I am a baby elephant.
When I was only three days old, I began to walk.
I like to eat all kinds of plants.
I like to eat fruit and bark too.
But I do not eat meat.
Let me show you how I eat.
I use my long trunk to pick up food.
I use my trunk to breathe and smell too.
I use my trunk to spray water on my body.
I can take a bath using my trunk! Splash!
I use my trunk to throw dust all over my body.
Doesn't it look fun?
There is another kind of bath I like too.
I like to take a mud bath.
Rolling in the mud is fun! Whee!
Oh! It is so hot today.
I can flap my large ears to cool off my body. Ahh!
I also flap my ears to chase the flies away. Shoo!
I can do so many things with my ears and trunk!
But there is one thing I cannot do. Jump!
The elephant is the only mammal that cannot jump.
But that's okay.
I can walk faster than people!
Do you see my dad?
He has something I don't have yet.
Look at his tusks!
I wish I had huge tusks like my dad.
I think they look wonderful.
Dad says that someday I will have huge tusks too.
But I will have to wait.
When I grow up, I will look just like him!