Analysis Of Bigaloo The Singing Elephant

Bigaloo the Singing Elephant

BIgaloo’s uncle was Big Bull Elephant.

Uncle Big Bull was HUGE.

He was bigger than a bus.

He was stronger than a tractor.

He was faster than a man on a bike.

Bigaloo was proud of his uncle,

……………………….. and just a little afraid.

Every morning as the sun rose, Uncle Big Bull Elephant gave a mighty trumpet call.

This was the wake-up call for all the elephants in the herd.

Everyone in the herd had to wake up and start a new day.

But no one liked to woken up by a loud trumpet roar.

Uncle Big Bull’s trumpet call was louder than twenty cars honking their horns.

It was louder than ten trucks blasting their horns.

It was louder than two trains hooting their horns.

It was louder than a jet engine.

And jet engines don’t

The trouble was, nobody wanted to tell Uncle Big Bull Elephant that he was too loud.

No! he was too big, too strong, too fast,

………………………..and sometimes, too angry.

On no! No one wanted to tell him.

One day, as he sat down under the shade of a thorn bush, Bigaloo had an idea.

Bigaloo thought, “I will wake up everyone with my singing.”

Bigaloo thought and thought.

The more he thought, the more he liked his idea.

Bigaloo hummed to himself,

“Singing is good – singing is grand, singing makes people feel merry. If he wake up smiling and cheerful, then he won’t feel so weary.

Oh! Singing is great, singing is good, singing is such a delight.

Wake up! Wake up! Sing with me, come sing with your might.”

“Singing makes us feel warm and cosy.

Singing gives us enjoyment and fun.

Singing brings us all together.

It brings us together as one.

Oh! Singing is great, singing is good, singing is such a delight.

Wake up! Wake up! Sing with me, come sing with your might.”

The next morning Bigaloo woke up before it was light.

Quietly, he walked to the edge of the herd where Uncle Big Bull Elephant and all other big elephants slept.

Quietly, he sucked in a big breath of air. He closed his eyes. He began to