1 00:00:07,150 --> 00:00:12,109 Today we're going to read about Elmer the Elephant. Are you guys ready? Awesome. 2 00:00:13,849 --> 00:00:16,309 Wait, that's not the story yet. 3 00:00:18,269 --> 00:00:23,870 Here we have Elmer. Elmer. And this is by David McKee. He is the author. He's super cool. 4 00:00:25,230 --> 00:00:26,309 Amazing. Alright. 5 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:35,189 So, once upon a time, once upon a time, there was this herd of elephants. 6 00:00:35,189 --> 00:00:43,829 So many elephants. There were tall ones, and short ones, and big ones, and skinny ones. 7 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:50,270 But all of the elephants were the same color. They're all gray. They're all gray elephants. 8 00:00:50,590 --> 00:00:58,409 They're all the same elephant color. However, there was one elephant that was different. 9 00:00:58,590 --> 00:01:04,829 He's different because he has a lot of different colors. Can you see all his different colors? 10 00:01:05,189 --> 00:01:16,090 he's red and yellow and purple and orange and blue and white and so many 11 00:01:16,090 --> 00:01:19,829 more colors he's all these different colors which is super cool 12 00:01:19,829 --> 00:01:26,790 however all the other other elephants they make fun of him and tease him 13 00:01:26,790 --> 00:01:31,730 because he's different because he's different and it's kind of sad and so 14 00:01:31,730 --> 00:01:39,969 he's not having a good time being an elephant and they push him and they're mean to him and so 15 00:01:40,769 --> 00:01:47,730 he decides one day he's gonna run away and try to find other people who look like him or try to be 16 00:01:48,769 --> 00:01:53,489 in some place better because he deserves to be happy he deserves to be happy because they're 17 00:01:53,489 --> 00:02:03,409 all pretty mean to him so he goes and he sees he sees who does he see a lion he sees a tiger 18 00:02:04,370 --> 00:02:14,930 he sees a hippopotamus he sees a zebra and he sees a turtle a turtle but none of them are like him 19 00:02:14,930 --> 00:02:18,689 none of them are as colorful as he is they're all just normal colors 20 00:02:18,689 --> 00:02:26,490 And so he finds this tree. This tree with all these different berries. You see the berries? 21 00:02:26,490 --> 00:02:31,229 And he starts shaking it. He shakes the tree. He shakes it, shakes it, shakes it, shakes it, 22 00:02:31,229 --> 00:02:36,810 shakes it. And what happens when he shakes the tree? The berries start to fall off. All these 23 00:02:36,810 --> 00:02:44,000 berries are falling, falling off the tree, and he sees, he sees all these berries, these gray 24 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:50,900 berries, and he decides, I'm going to pull a trick. I'm going to do a cool thing. I'm going 25 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:57,060 to put all the berries on me because they're gray and all my friends are gray and so he starts 26 00:02:57,060 --> 00:03:04,560 putting them all over his body to cover up all his colors to cover up his colors and so he goes 27 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:10,860 back to his herd he goes back past all these animals who don't know who he is anymore who is 28 00:03:10,860 --> 00:03:18,840 this new elephant the crocodile is like who are you who are you the turtle is like who are you 29 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:26,080 Who are you? The zebra says, who are you? You're not Elmer. You're not Elmer. So it is the hippo 30 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:34,340 and the tiger and the lion. And so he goes back to his herd of elephants and look, can you find 31 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:43,460 Elmer? Where is Elmer? Which one is he? He's not special anymore. He's this one. He is the same 32 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:49,460 color as all of his friends he's the same color they're all gray they're all gray elephants 33 00:03:52,180 --> 00:03:58,740 and he realizes elmer realizes it's kind of sad being one that's not special you know 34 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:06,180 he misses all his colors and no he doesn't really stand out anymore but he's also happy 35 00:04:06,180 --> 00:04:14,259 because nobody makes fun of him anymore which is sad don't you see this what's this what is this 36 00:04:15,219 --> 00:04:25,910 Elmer's blending in he's having a good time and so now he's thinking about how happy he is that 37 00:04:25,910 --> 00:04:35,110 nobody makes fun of him but he's also realizing he's not special and then what happens what is 38 00:04:35,110 --> 00:04:45,810 this it's a thunderstorm it's raining and they're all laughing and there's something's happening 39 00:04:45,810 --> 00:04:48,810 And they're just going crazy. 40 00:04:48,810 --> 00:04:49,810 I don't know what's happening. 41 00:04:49,810 --> 00:04:53,810 What's happening? 42 00:04:53,810 --> 00:04:57,810 And it starts to rain. 43 00:04:57,810 --> 00:04:58,810 It starts raining. 44 00:04:58,810 --> 00:05:01,810 It starts raining. 45 00:05:01,810 --> 00:05:04,810 And Elmer, you see Elmer? 46 00:05:04,810 --> 00:05:07,810 All of his gray starts to wash off. 47 00:05:07,810 --> 00:05:09,810 It starts to go away. 48 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:13,810 And all the other elephants, they're laughing. 49 00:05:13,810 --> 00:05:14,810 They're laughing about it. 50 00:05:14,810 --> 00:05:26,069 they're laughing because it's so fun to be in the ring and so every day on the 51 00:05:26,069 --> 00:05:32,089 anniversary of Elmer coloring himself they all do so many cool colors because 52 00:05:32,089 --> 00:05:37,490 they thought it was so funny that Elmer painted himself to fit in and so to 53 00:05:37,490 --> 00:05:42,050 celebrate Elmer and to celebrate diversity they all paint themselves in 54 00:05:42,050 --> 00:05:47,370 super pretty colors, and Elmer gets to be normal for a day, but he's still special because 55 00:05:47,370 --> 00:05:54,050 everybody else is doing super cool colors. And that's the end. Thank you.