The Elephant's Trumpet by https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet My adaption of the Pie Corbett Gingerbread man story "The Cat's Drum" en-us 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC 2018-04-26 17:46:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Milly waited for the elephant and had a sleep. She woke up and looked at the strange instrument in front of her. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358767 Her paw plucked the string and it went "tttwaaaannnng". She picked another and it went "teeeeewaaaannnnnnnggg". She played a tune and smiled happily.]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358767 He put the trumpet down and thought about Milly. She looked so sad. Then he remembered seeing something. "Wait here" he said to Milly. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358768 Eddie walked towards the jungle and he saw twigs tied together with some rope. Was it a guitar? He slowly picked up the guitar and walked off. ]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358768 Eddie was soo happy that he could have a go at playing the trumpet. He squeezed his trunk together and put the trumpet up it. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358769 The trumpet made an amazing sound and elephants miles away heard it! Milly liked seeing Eddie the Elephant happy and she danced. ]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358769 Milly loved playing the trumpet, but her dad said it was too loud and told her to throw it away. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358770 She walked slowly over to the elephant and said "you can have this". Eddie looked down. "Really?". "Yes" Milly sobbed. ]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358770 Milly watched the poor elephant from her hole. She took a big breath, put her lips together and blew into the trumpet. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358771 "BLLLLLAAARRRRRHHH" The trumpet blasted. Eddie looked over at Milly. "I wish it was me playing the trumpet he said.]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358771 The meerkat raced for her hole in the ground and her family. She couldn't wait to try the trumpet. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358772 Looking sad, Eddie gave up chasing the trumpet. He felt a tear roll down his face. It was his dream to play the trumpet. ]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358772 Milly saw the elephant slowly get up and look around. "That elephant will never catch me", she laughed. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358773 Eddie the Elephant plodded towards the shiny trumpet. He wondered how a trumpet could run so fast.  ]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358773 Milly reached around the big elephants legs and quickly snatched the trumpet. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358774 Eddie looked up. He had an idea and reached for the trumpet, but it had gone.]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358774 Whilst Eddie was thinking, Milly, a cheeky meerkat sneaked up behind him. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358775 Milly had seen the trumpet, but had to take food back for the family. When she came back Eddie had picked up the trumpet. Milly really wanted it. ]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358775 One day he was walking around his sandy field when he found a trumpet. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358776 Curious, he picked up the trumpet with his big, thick trunk. He licked it and nothing happened. Then he tried to chew it, but it was far too hard! So he sat on his bottom and thought hard. ]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358776 A long, long time ago there was a giant, grey elephant called Eddie. jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358777 He was a kind elephant and behaved himself even when the humans came and bothered him.]]> 2018-02-11 13:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230358777 The Elephant's Trumpet jonesrichard https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230363784 I am going to use this to support the Talk 4 Writing process in my classroom. ]]> 2018-02-11 14:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jonesrichard/The_Elephants_Trumpet/wish/230363784