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The expression "the elephant in the room" (or "the elephant in the living room") [2] [3] is a metaphorical idiom in English for an important or enormous topic, question, or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable and is ...
The Elephant Calf (German: Das Elefantenkalb), also known as The Baby Elephant, is an early one-act surrealistic prose farce written by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. It originally formed the penultimate scene of Brecht's full-length play Man Equals Man , but by 1926 Brecht had separated it to an appendix to the published text.
The Magician's Elephant is the thirteenth book written by American author Kate DiCamillo. It was released on September 8, 2009, and illustrated by Yoko Tanaka. It was released on September 8, 2009, and illustrated by Yoko Tanaka.
Phoenix names the elephant Indlovu (meaning elephant in Zulu). Indlovu offers Phoenix protection from the lions and hyenas that roam the African plains, and it's not long before Phoenix learns to ride Indlovu. Phoenix and Indlovu come across a dead elephant with his tusks sawed off. Phoenix can not comprehend the horror of the scene.
Modoc tells the true story of Bram Gunterstein (the German son of a third-generation circus animal trainer) and his pet elephant, Modoc, both born on the same day in 1896. [1] In the novelization, Bram’s father has long wished for a boy and a girl, and quickly feels that his dream has just been fulfilled.
Elephant Adventure: 1964 Hal and Roger attempt to track down a rare white elephant in Africa's Mountains of the Moon. Safari Adventure: 1966 Hal and Roger join warden Mark Crosby in Tsavo National Park, where wildlife poaching is a major problem. Lion Adventure: 1967 Hal and Roger must help save the people of Mtito Andei from a man-eating lion.
The Sanctuary’s educational outreach, advocacy for elephant conservation, and innovative care practices ensure that elephants, both in captivity and the wild, have a fighting chance at a better ...
Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo starts with a boy, Will Robert, riding an elephant along a beach, whilst on holiday in Indonesia. Will is grieving for his father, Robert, who died in the Iraq War. The elephant, Oona, is in an odd mood that day: her handler mentions that she refused to go into the sea for her usual morning dip.