Ellie the elephant was the sleepiest elephant in the whole savanna. While the other elephants splashed in the river and munched on leaves, Ellie could barely keep her big round eyes open"Wake up, Ellie!" said her friend Zaza the zebra.

"You're missing all the fun!"
Ellie yawned a yawn so big it ruffled the grass. "I just... need... five more... minutes..." And poof she was snoring again, right there in the sunshine.
One day, the animals were planning the Great Savanna

Party, and everyone had a job. Zaza would set up games. Milo the monkey would hang streamers from the trees. But nobody knew what job to give sleepy Ellie.
"She'll just fall asleep!" giggled Milo.That night, while everyone else was too

excited to sleep, something strange happened. A little lion cub named Kavi got lost in the tall grass, far from his mama. He was scared, and he began to cry.Only one animal was awake to hear him — Ellie. Because while everyone else napped

in the daytime and stayed up at night, Ellie's sleepy schedule was backwards! She was wide awake under the stars.Ellie followed the soft cries with her big flappy ears and found Kavi shivering behind a bush."Don't worry, little one," she

rumbled gently. "I'll get you home." She scooped him up with her trunk and carried him safely back to his mama.
The next morning, word spread across the savanna about brave Ellie, the nighttime hero.At the Great Savanna Party, everyone

cheered for her.
"I guess being sleepy in the day just means I'm wide awake to help at night," Ellie said with a proud little smile.From then on, nobody teased Ellie for her naps. Because everyone knew — the sleepiest elephant in the

savanna was also its gentlest guardian.
THE END