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Because of his "satiable curiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.
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Grade 2-5-- Kipling's ``Just-So'' story explains the origin of the elephant's long and useful trunk, but its perennial appeal lies in the childlike behavior of the small elephant whose ``satiable curtiosity'' is a trial to all his relations. Their response is not to answer but to spank him--and one advantage of the new trunk is that it allows him to spank them all in return: not politically correct behavior, but satisfying revenge. Mogensen's copious watercolor illustrations are dominated by the buff tones suited to the African setting. They may look pale next to the hot and flashy colors in vogue today, but are actually varied and subtle. On a few pages the artist depicts the hero twice in the same picture, the smaller background image showing another incident at a different time (some children may need an explanation). Slightly simplified shapes allow for easy reading of the images, without apparent sacrifice of surrounding detail. The clean composition and profusion of pictures make this edition accessible to a younger audience than Kipling's sophisticated prose might otherwise reach. --Patricia Dooley, University of Washington, Seattle
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