Circus Tales • 9 minutes read

Elephant's Tower Trouble

A Story About Teamwork and Acceptance in the Circus

Elephant, the Performer

Meet Elephant! He is the largest animal in the circus and also one of its star performers. You can always recognize him by his long trunk and big floppy ears that flap as he moves around.

Despite being a great performer, Elephant often gets teased by some of the other animals at the circus for being larger than them. They make fun of his size and sometimes even call him names like “big guy” or “giant.” This makes Elephant feel sad sometimes because he doesn’t like it when people make fun of him.

But you know what? Elephant doesn’t let this get to him for too long. He knows that everyone has their own unique qualities and just because his happens to be his size, it doesn’t mean that he’s any less talented or special than anyone else.

So whenever someone teases him, he just smiles back and winks playfully with his big brown eyes! After all, life is too short to take things too seriously all the time!

And there you have it - our friendly elephant performer who loves making people smile with his talent and charm!

Elephant’s New Act

Elephant is very excited about his new act. He has been practicing for weeks, trying to balance on top of a tower made up of various objects like balls, chairs and boxes. But he is also very nervous because it’s the first time he will perform in front of an audience.

As he stands backstage waiting for his turn to go on, Elephant can feel his heart beating faster and faster. His trunk trembles with excitement and anxiety. He takes deep breaths and tries to calm himself down.

When the announcer calls out his name, Elephant walks slowly towards the center stage. The spotlight follows him as he climbs onto the tower. It wobbles a little under his weight but then stabilizes.

Now comes the tricky part – balancing! Elephant closes his eyes, takes another deep breath and starts swaying gently from side-to-side to maintain balance while standing on one foot atop a ball.

The audience watches in awe as they see Elephant performing such daring acrobatics despite being so large! Some children even clap their hands in delight!

But suddenly something goes wrong - Elephant loses control of himself when one ball rolls off-stage causing him panic which leads to losing balance completely!

Will Elephants friends be able to rescue him? Find out next time!

Elephant’s Big Fall

As Elephant stood atop the tower of objects, he felt his heart racing with excitement and nerves. The crowd was cheering as he began to move slowly across the thin rope that connected the two sides of the tower. But then something happened.

Elephant’s foot slipped on one of the objects, and before he knew it, he was tumbling down towards the ground! The other animals gasped in shock as they watched their friend fall helplessly through the air.

With a loud thud, Elephant crashed onto one of the lower objects in the tower. He groaned in pain but tried to stand up right away. However, when he attempted to get off that object and back onto solid ground below him, there was no way for him to do so because his weight made him too heavy for any animal to lift.

The other circus animals huddled around him worriedly trying their best to come up with a plan while poor Elephant sat there feeling helpless and defeated.

“What are we going to do?” cried Hippopotamus nervously. “Don’t worry,” said Giraffe taking charge like always. “We’ll find a way!” And so they put their heads together coming up with an ingenious idea that involved working together as a team!

With all hands-on deck (or trunks or hooves!), every animal pitched in until at last, they had successfully created an intricate chain leading from where Elephant lay stranded all the way down safely into Lion’s powerful paws!

Everyone cheered as Lion lifted elephant down from his perch high above them all! And even though some were still teasing him about his size afterwards - everyone knew how important each member is within our team!

The Circus Animals Work Together

As Elephant lay stranded on top of the tower, the other animals in the circus began to realize that they needed to help their friend. They knew that he was too big for any one of them to lift on their own, but if they worked together as a team, they might be able to rescue him.

Lion stepped forward first and offered his strength. He held up Hippopotamus so that she could reach higher than usual on her tiptoes. Then Giraffe climbed onto Hippopotamus’ back and stretched out her long neck towards Elephant.

Elephant was relieved at the sight of his friends coming together to save him. He felt grateful for every single one of them who was helping out in their own special way.

Giraffe finally reached Elephant’s side and assured him everything would be okay. She then started working on a plan to get both herself and Elephant down from the tower safely.

Meanwhile, Lion kept holding up Hippopotamus with all his strength until it became painful for him but he refused to let go because he knew how important teamwork is!

The rest of the animals gathered around waiting anxiously as Giraffe came up with an idea. She realized that they couldn’t carry Elephant down themselves but maybe there was another way?

And just like that - after some creative problem-solving- all the animals were able to work together using their unique strengths, resulting in everyone being safe once again!

The Rescue

Giraffe managed to reach Elephant on top of the tower. She was relieved to see him safe and sound, but then realized that she couldn’t carry such a large weight back down. Giraffe tried to think of a solution, but nothing came to mind.

That’s when the other animals stepped in. Lion used his strength to hold up Hippopotamus who then stood on her tiptoes so that Giraffe could climb onto her back and get closer to the ground.

Once she reached a certain height, Giraffe passed Elephant onto Zebra’s back. Then Zebra passed him onto Monkey who climbed down from tree branches until they finally reached solid ground!

The animals were all proud of themselves for working together as a team and saving Elephant from danger.

Elephant felt grateful towards his fellow performers for their help during his time of need. He learned that being different is not always bad, especially when you have friends by your side.

The circus animals celebrated their victory with some well-deserved treats! They danced around and had fun while feeling proud of what they accomplished together.

From that day forward, no animal in the circus ever bullied another again because they knew how important it was to treat each other with kindness and respect.

The Big Lesson

The animals learned an important lesson that day - teamwork and kindness are invaluable. After the incident, Elephant thanked all his friends for coming to his rescue. He realized how wrong he was to think of himself as superior because of his size.

From that day on, the animals were closer than ever before. They played together and helped each other out whenever they could. Whenever a new animal arrived at the circus, they made sure to welcome them with open arms.

Whenever one of them needed help or support, everyone would come running without hesitation! It didn’t matter if someone was big or small; what mattered most was their kind heart and willingness to work together.

As for Elephant’s act, it became even more popular after his accident because people saw how much strength and courage it took for him to get back up there and complete it successfully!

All in all, the animals learned that no one should be judged based on their size or appearance. Everyone has something special about them that makes them unique! And when we come together as a team and support each other through thick and thin, we can accomplish anything we set our minds to!

So from then on every time anyone tried teasing another animal about their looks or abilities they would remind themselves of this experience and instead help each other overcome any obstacles along the way!