One day, an elephant wandered into a forest in search of friends.
He saw a monkey on a tree. "Will you be my friend?" asked the elephant.
"You are too big. You cannot swing from trees like me," replied the monkey.
Next, the elephant met a rabbit and asked him to be his friend.
But the rabbit said, "You are too big to play in my burrow!"
Then the elephant met a frog. "Will you be my friend?" he asked.
"How can I?" asked the frog. "You are too big to leap about like me."
The elephant was upset. He met a fox next. "Will you be my friend?" he asked.
The fox said, "Sorry, sir, you are too big."
The next day, the elephant saw all the animals running for their lives.
He asked them what was wrong. A bear replied, "There is a tiger in the forest. He's trying to gobble us all up!"
The animals ran to hide. The elephant wondered what he could do to save everyone.
Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find.
The elephant walked up to the tiger and said, "Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat these poor animals."
"Mind your own business!" growled the tiger.
The elephant had no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick. The frightened tiger ran for his life.
The elephant ambled back into the forest to announce the good news.
All the animals thanked the elephant. They said, "You are just the right size to be our friend."