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A Giraffe Tries to Make Friends
At the Meeting Center with Gerry the Giraffe
This is a story about a giraffe whose name is Gerry. Gerry the giraffe lives in a special place called
Eden Forest. A group of "Special Eden Creatures live there around Eden Pond." Gerry the
Giraffe has long legs and a longer neck. His head is so high in the sky he doesn't always hear
what someone is saying to him.
One very hot summer day Gerry the giraffe had lowered his head into Eden Pond, and drank and
drank and drank lots of water. Frieda the frog, shouts mockingly. "Hey," save some water for
the fish."
Picture: A giraffe amongst the Special Eden Creatures lowering head into Eden Pond
After finishing off to drink, Gerry raised his head between the twigs at the top of a tree, and started
munching on leaves. "Ymmh, not too hard, and "not too soft."
Suddenly, Hanna the stork calls out jokingly to Frieda the frog and says, "Have you ever seen a
tree walking on four legs?"
Mickey the Monkey raises her voice to Gerry the giraffe, "Excuse me, but you with your head in
the branches, you look like a tree with legs."
Gerry was not sure what she heard and asked quite innocently, "What did you say? Are you talking
to me? What?!"
Zippity the bluebird, trying to be funny, chirped in "What? What? That's what!" The Special Eden
Creatures burst into laughter. Gerry the giraffe heard and started gasping for breath. In order
to avoid further shame Gerry pointed his eyes heavenward, and took a deep breath the whole
length of his long neck.
Picture: A stork standing on one leg in pond shouting to frog at shoreline, giraffe with head
covered by tree top.
The days passed and not much changed. "What am I supposed to say?" thought Gerry, "how shall
I communicate with the Special Creatures of Eden Forest?"
All the Special Eden Creatures wanted to help Gerry the giraffe and the same idea came to all of
them at once. All the "Special Eden Creatures" joined and said in unison, "Go to the one
creature who knows everything; the Ollie the Wise Old Owl."
Ollie, the owl sleeps all day. He can see far into the distance with his big round eyes. Owls have a
very special hoot that can be heard everywhere in Eden Forest. Ollie the wise old owl always
asks many questions. "Who?", "when?", "where?", "what?", and "why?" He always knows
exactly what to do in every situation.
When the rest of the forest animals were getting ready to go to sleep, off went Gerry the Giraffe
all the way to Ollie's old oak.
Picture: A giraffe walking with the setting of the sun, toward giant oak tree in the distance
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