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Poppy wheeled herself down over the

front door ramp and along the path.

“What is it?” she said.

“Eee…er…orggg!” came the strange

reply from the back of the lorry. The two

delivery men came out first. They were

holding two harness reins. For a second

Poppy thought it must be a large dog. Had

Mum and Dad decided to have a dog then?

Then she saw it. Not a dog. Not furniture.

Not a parcel. It was….

“IT’S AN ELEPHANT!” Mr Brown said.

“A young elephant!” corrected one of the

delivery men. “You asked to borrow it from

the wildlife zoo yesterday, Professor

Brown.”

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