Pip the Tiny Elephant and the Sky Full of Wishes

The smallest elephant in his herd at Baobab Bend, Pip dreams of flying like the birds and asks the grassland creatures what he might manage instead.

A tiny elephant who wants to fly

In a golden grassland called Baobab Bend, there lived a very small elephant named Pip. Pip was the smallest elephant in the whole herd. His ears were big, his trunk was curly, and his legs were short, so he often had to trot twice as fast to keep up.

But Pip's dreams were enormous.

Every afternoon, he sat beneath the tallest baobab tree and watched the birds swoop and soar across the pink-gold sky. Swallows twirled. Eagles glided. Even the little bee-eaters zipped past like tiny rainbows.

"I wish I could fly," he sighed. "Just once."

"Elephants can't fly, Pip," said his cousin Tembo, who was twice his size. "We're too heavy."

"And you're too small," added another cousin, giggling. "Even smaller than a hippo's hat."

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What is Pip the Tiny Elephant and the Sky Full of Wishes about?

The smallest elephant in his herd at Baobab Bend, Pip dreams of flying like the birds and asks the grassland creatures what he might manage instead.

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Who wrote it?

Nimra Khan — original fiction published on RapidTale.