The Elephant and the Frogs (Colour-in)
Mozambican folktale
Amir Bachir António Necas

A long time ago, the king of the bush was Mr Lion.

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He sent his animals to stop the noise coming from a small lake in the bush. But they did not succeed!

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An elephant volunteered to stop it. The elephant was sent out as a guard.

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At midnight the noise began and the elephant started killing the frogs. He did the same thing the next day.

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After a couple of weeks, King Lion was happy because the elephant had stopped the noise.

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But about a month later, they saw a lot of insects on their farm.

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King Lion asked the elephant to call the frogs to come and eat the insects.

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The elephant was very nervous because he had killed all of them. He said, "Sorry, sorry, I k- k- k- killed them!"

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Then King Lion said: Elephant, I asked you to stop the noise, not to kill the frogs. And the elephant was put in prison for many years!

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And the king told all the animals to always do exactly what he said.

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The Elephant and the Frogs (Colour-in)
Author - Mozambican folktale
Adaptation - Ingrid Schechter
Illustration - Amir Bachir António Necas
Language - English
Level - First sentences