Question

4. Make a story in about 150-200 words which describes how the elephant got its trunk or how a
giraffe got its long neck.

Answer 1

Once upon a time there was a herd of elephants. All of the elephants didn’t have trunks because it wasn’t invented yet so they looked liked pigs, but I will tell you how the elephants got their trunks.

One day a baby elephant was taking a stroll to get some water from the river and while he was drinking a crocodile came up and took the elephant by the neck and threw him in the water (crunch crunch crunch). Five seconds later blood was rising from the river. This happened a lot to baby elephants when they were taking drinks from crocodile infested waters in the african grasslands, and it had to be stopped!

Then one day an adult elephant came, it also came to get a drink. Then a crocodile rose up from the muddy water and grabbed its nose and pulled and pulled then suddenly the crocodile let go of the elephants nose. The elephant fell back and realized his trunk was 3m long! Very quickly he ran back to the elephant herd and said. Hey guys look - having a long nose is awesome because you can lift stuff and drink water from it, it's awesome! 

All the others got the treatment too and that’s how the elephant got its trunk! But some elephants got their trunk's bitten off! This procedure evolved elephants so they don't look like pigs. 

Thats how the elephants got their trunk!

Answer 2

How the Elephant Got its Trunk It is a story of that time when elephants happened to be without trunks. They just had two teeth that also were of no use to them. Once, there was an elephant who had good friendship with a jackal. They lived in a place where a big river flowed. One day, the jackal came to know of a field of ripe melons across the river. His mouth watered. But he was worried what he could do of the fast flowing water. He was afraid of water. He approached his friend, the elephant. He told him (the elephant) of his plan of eating melons. He requested him to let him sit on his back. The elephant agreed. The jackal sat on the back of his friend. Soon they crossed the river and reached there. The jackal immediately grabbed plentiful of melons. Now it was his turn to help the animal by providing him the fruits as the heavy animal found it difficult to sit and enjoy the melons. But contrary to that the jackal started howling, after feeding his own belly least caring for his friend. The howling attracted the farmer. He came running with a lathi. The clever jackal hid himself. But it was difficult for the elephant to run away with his heavy body, so, he had to bear the consequences of having a cunning friend, i.e. he was beaten black and blue by the farmer. All that pierced the heart of the elephant. He started worshipping Lord Shiva to help him so that he might not remain hungry and could keep the unwanted elements away. being happy from his `Tapasya', Lord Shiva blessed him with 'trunk' so that he could eat anything he wanted, whether it might be on ground or on trees. Moreover, now elephants can throw anyone away who tries to harm them.