NORTON THE ELEPHANT   

A Story about Acceptance

BY JACOB

Once upon a time there was an elephant that didn’t fit in. His name was… NORTON with a capital N, O, R, T, O,N.  NORTON was very pink, had wings and a beak.   He also hatched from an egg.  The other elephants called him a flamingo.  NORTON only had one friend, his name was Bartholomew.   Bartholomew was orange.  He was very annoying and he was always eating NORTON’S feathers.   NORTON always went to Bartholomew for a haircut.  NORTON went to Bartholomew for help to be like the rest of the elephants.   

 “You want to be an elephant but you are a FLAMINGO.  Do you understand me?!” Bartholomew shouted.

“Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!  I thought I could be an elephant,  *sniff*” NORTON said.

“Whatever” Bartholomew screamed!

“WAHHHHHHHHHHHH!” NORTON screamed back.

 “Fine I’ll help” Bartholomew sighed. “I’ll eat your feathers, but it will hurt a lot”.

Now it was NORTON’S turn to say “whatever”.  Bartholomew started eating. “WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” NORTON cried.

“Now you look like an elephant”, said Bartholomew.

  *Sniff* “but it hurt, WAHHHHHHHH!!”

When NORTON went home all the elephants called him handsome.  He now was a true elephant.  When his feathers grew back, the other elephants still liked NORTON THE ELEPHANT.

THE END