Then the carpenter he says to himself, “I’ll put some boards across and make it stronger.” So he takes some boards sawed just the right length, and he nails them across underneath the top, bing! bang! bing! bing! And then he has a table!
So the carpenter lifts his table out into the middle of his room and he puts a chair beside it. When he sits down he is smiling all over. For the table is just the right size and just the right height and it is strong and good to look at. The carpenter is so glad to have a table to eat off of that he says to himself:
“Now isn’t it grand?
I won’t have to stand
While eating my dinner again!
For now I am able
To sit at the table
I made with saw, hammer and plane!”
THE ELEPHANT
This was written with the help of eight-year-old children who were trying to make everything sound “heavy” and “slow.”