For today's reading, I looked over the story
The Elephant Girly Face, by Ellen C. Babbitt. In this story, there is an elephant named Girly Face. The king named the elephant Girly Face because he was so nice, kind, and gentle. Everybody loved Girly Face. However, one night, a group of bandits planned on robbing the king's palace. The bandits sat outside of Girly Face's pin and said, "We will kill anybody that awakens, this is what bandits do." Girly Face overheard the bandits conversation. She believed that these bandits were teaching her how to act. Therefore, the next day when the king's men came to feed him, he killed both men. This went on for a little while. The king was worried about Girly Face. Never had he acted like this. All the king's men were afraid to go feed Girly Face. The king brought in a wise man that knew Girly Face for a long time. The wise man came to the conclusion that Girly Face had overheard bad talk. The king's guard then told the king, that there were a group of bandits that plotted their raid outside of Girly Face's pin. The king then had good men go outside of Girly Faces pin and say only nice and kind things such as, "We will never kill. Killing is bad. We will only be good." Girly Face then thought he was being taught again. He was a nice, kind, and gentle elephant after this.
I really enjoyed this story! I would like to remake this tale, potentially adding different characters and changing the premise of the reading. I may make the process of changing Girly Face back to a nice elephant more difficult. Or, Girly Face may not ever go back to a nice elephant. He could join the bandits becoming a historical outlaw.
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