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Elmer the elephant

by Georgeanne Irvine · 1983

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A baby elephant enjoys playing with the other young elephants at the zoo, looking forward to the time when he will be fully grown and weigh 12,000 pounds.

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animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
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short · 15 pages

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