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Elephant Walk

We have elephants living in our house.

It's true. We hear them stomping around all over the place. They go up the stairs, down the stairs, and tramp across the kitchen floor. Occasionally, we hear a big boom as if one of them had fallen off the bed that they had climbed onto.

These elephants are just like any other elephant. If they are not stomping around with their big feet, they are stinking up the place. So, just like any other elephant, they need to take a bath. We get them all soaped up and then rinse them off. We can even do this in our bathroom because these elephants are just a little bit smaller than the regular-sized elephant.

Like other elephants, they are also family-oriented. They have to be with us wherever we go. If they weren't such loving creatures, I would have a serious problem with all the feces and urine. The training takes years!

Their stomping isn't the only thing we hear all the time. It's the trumpeting as well. Sometimes, it can be ear-splitting within the confines of the house.

It's a zoo in our house, that's for sure.

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striving... said…
Hey sounds a little like my house, hee, hee.

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