Elephant's Backpack

Elephant uses his backpack to have some fun with his friends.

Elephant, Cow, Rabbit and Mouse are sitting at the table.

“Well, that was weird,” says Mouse.

“I’m still confused about it,” said Rabbit. “Someone unzip the backpack. I’d like to take a look at that carrot again.”

“I’ll get it,” said Cow. “I want to look at the crumpled up little note again. The writing looked familiar.”

“Um, you guys,” mumbled Elephant.

They all look at Elephant, whose eyes were as big as dinner plates. He was pointing outside with his trunk.

“What is it?” asked Mouse.

They all look outside to where his trunk is pointing and see THEMSELVES in the garden.

They see Mouse and Rabbit walking toward the guesthouse, and Cow, who has pulled up a carrot, is handing it to Elephant. Elephant looks around as if he’s looking for someone, and then does something to the ground.

“Oh, no, not again!” exclaims Rabbit.

They all get up from the table. Elephant grabs a backpack that’s hanging on the chair and they rush out the door.

Elephant looses the shoe he was in the middle of tying on the way out, but keeps going with only one shoe on.

Outside by the garden, the animals they had seen are gone. Rabbit is looking down at Cow who is looking around for a carrot to pull up.

Elephant is looking down at Cow as well, smiling.

“Pull it out, Cow. See if it’s a good one,” said Rabbit.

“I’m doing it,” said Cow.

Cow tugs on the carrot, and it comes out easily. It’s huge.

“Look at this,” exclaims Cow.

“It’s huge,” says Rabbit. She was drooling a little.

“Hey, look over there,” yelled Mouse.

They all look at her. She was pointing to the guesthouse, and the door had just closed.

“Who’s in the guesthouse?” asked Rabbit.

“Let’s go see!” said Cow.

Mouse and Rabbit start toward the guesthouse. Cow hands the carrot to Elephant.

“Put this in your backpack,” said Cow.

Cow takes off toward the guesthouse too.

Elephant is left holding the carrot, and instead of putting it in his backpack, looks around to make sure no one is looking, and puts it back into the hole in the ground it was pulled out from.

He pushes some dirt around it and looks back at the house, then hurriedly runs off toward the guesthouse.

Mouse and Cow get to the guesthouse, and there’s no one in it. They sit down at the small table staring at a glass with water in it.

Rabbit is looking around the trailer as Elephant walks in.

“There’s no one in here,” says Rabbit.

“Who put this water here?” asks Cow.

Mouse takes the water and drinks from it.

“Oh, yuck!” says Mouse. “It tastes like water from the bathroom sink.”

Elephant SIGHS, takes off his backpack and begins fishing around in it.

“Hey, look, someone’s in the tree house!” says Rabbit. “It’s Cow. And she’s waving at me.”

“But Cow’s right here,” says Mouse. “I’m very confused.”

They all look out the window except for Elephant who has taken out a bottle of water and is filling up the glass on the small table.

“Let’s go check it out,” said Cow.

“And hurry,” said Mouse. “Maybe we can catch them this time.”

“Catch who?” exclaimed Rabbit as she ran out the door.

Elephant puts the empty bottle back into his backpack.

“Come on Elephant,” said Rabbit as the door swung open. “Hurry.”

They all ran toward the tree house.

Elephant opened the door all the way and holds it there for a second while he looks back at the garden, then lets go and runs away quickly.

At the tree house, Mouse, Rabbit and Elephant look up at Cow who has climbed up and is looking down at them.

She reads a note on a crumpled up piece of paper.

“What does it say?” asks Mouse.

“It says:” says Cow. “LOOK TOWARD THE GUESTHOUSE.”

“What does that mean?” wondered Rabbit.

Cow looked up toward the guesthouse.

“Hey, look!” exclaimed Cow.

“What is it, Cow?” asked Mouse. “What do you see?”

Cow sees Cow, Mouse and Rabbit walking toward the guesthouse. Then Elephant runs into view.

“I see US,” said Cow. “We’re walking toward the guesthouse. We’re going past the guesthouse and into the main house, and Elephant only has one shoe on.”

“Cow, get down here,” yelled Mouse. “Let’s try to catch them.”

“Catch who?” asked Rabbit again.

Cow is still looking up toward the guesthouse. Suddenly she looks down at Elephant.

“Elephant,” said Cow. “You just waved at me.”

“Well, wave back,” said Elephant.

She looks back out past the branches and waves back.

“Oh,” she said. “You’re gone.”

“Come down,” said Rabbit. “Hurry!”

Cow crumples up the paper and throws it down to Elephant.

“Elephant,” said Cow. “Put this in your backpack.”

Cow throws the crumpled up little piece of paper to Elephant.

Elephant catches it and waits until Cow has made it all the way down and they all start off toward the guesthouse, all except for Elephant. Instead of putting the crumpled up piece of paper in his backpack, he throws it back up to the tree house, and it doesn’t make it. He tries again and it lands just inside the tree house.

“Come On Elephant,” yells Cow. “Hurry.”

Elephant turns and runs out from under the trees.

The group of animals walks past the guesthouse to the main house. Elephant trails behind. Just before he gets to the guesthouse, he turns around and waves at someone in the tree house.

Once inside the main house, they look everywhere, but can’t find anyone. Elephant is acting like he is looking under the rug and under the couch pillows, but he’s not really looking at all.

Mouse suddenly stops.

“Everyone, SHH,” says Mouse. “Be quiet. SHH. What’s that noise?”

Everyone gets quiet.

There’s a sound of a faucet in the bathroom.

“The bathroom!” yells Cow.

They all run around the corner to the bathroom.

When they get to the bathroom, there’s a bottle of water propped up in the sink getting filled up with water from the faucet.

“Who left this here?” wonders Rabbit. “Am I the only one creeped out here?”

“This is really strange,” says Cow.

Cow turns off the faucet and takes the bottle out of the sink.

She drinks some and hands it to Rabbit, who drinks a little.

“Mouse, do you want some?” Asks Rabbit.

“No, thanks,” declines Mouse. “I don’t like the taste of the water from this sink.”

Rabbit shrugs her shoulders and hands the bottle to Elephant.

He finds the cap on the counter and closes the bottle as the rest of them go to the kitchen.

“Let’s go sit down,” says Cow.

“Elephant,” said Rabbit. “Bring your backpack over here. Let’s see if we can decipher any of this from those things we put in there.”

Elephant puts the filled bottle in his backpack and fishes out an empty one, unscrews the cap and props it up in the sink. Then he turns on the faucet and leaves the cap on the counter.

He then walks to the kitchen and puts his backpack on the kitchen table.

“Hey, Elephant,” says Mouse standing up. “Here’s your shoe. It’s right here by the door.”

Elephant takes it and sits at the table. He starts to tie his shoe when something catches his eye outside the window.

“Well, that was weird,” says Mouse.

“I’m still confused about it,” said Rabbit. “Someone unzip the backpack. I’d like to take a look at that carrot again.”

“I’ll get it,” said Cow. “I want to look at the crumpled up little note again. The writing looked familiar.”

“Um, you guys,” mumbled Elephant.

They all look at Elephant, whose eyes were as big as dinner plates. He was pointing outside with his trunk.

“What is it?” asked Mouse.

They all look outside to where his trunk is pointing and see THEMSELVES in the garden.

They see Mouse and Rabbit walking toward the guesthouse, and Cow, who has pulled up a carrot, is handing it to Elephant. Elephant looks around as if he’s looking for someone, and then does something to the ground.

“Oh, no, not again!” exclaims Rabbit.

The End