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K-Gr 3 Rat and Elephant are the best of friends. Rat is the only animal who can make fire and is a hard worker who saves and plans for the difficult times that may lie ahead. Elephant takes advantage of his friend -s generosity and tricks him into storing his food at his house and then refuses to return it. In the end, Elephant learns the meaning of true friendship. The richly colored illustrations ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Although Elephant and Rat are best friends, a drought makes Elephant succumb to fear and greed, and he steals Rat's grain under the guise of guarding it. When Rat leaves the village in anger, taking his fire-making ability with him, Elephant becomes convinced Rat will return and burn down his house in retribution. After Elephant falls out of a tree and hurts himself hiding from Rat, he realizes he must apologize to his friend. Typical of Tanzanian st...Log In or Sign Up to Read More