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8/12/2019 Memory of an Elephant: An Unforgettable Journey By Sophie Strade, Illustrated by Jean-Francois Martin

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M arcel heads downs airs o he ki chen, where he discovers a buffe o gourme rea s rom all over he world:heaps o raisin scones, cornes de gazelle, delec ably sof Turkish deligh s, a s ack o piping-ho crpes, an enormous

iramisu, a ar e a in, or une cookies, green ea ice cream, a generous bunch o bananas, and even sal y licorice.

Wha delicacies! Marcel exclaims, siting down o he eas . Who has prepared his break as o king

Each day, an needs to dri

gallons (100 liters) of between 220 and 440 p 200 kilograms) of foo the season. Elephants and especially fond of tender wood of the ba

crmecaramel

doughnut

fortunecookies

dme auchocolat

crpes

sorbet

brioche

macarons

bananas

sconestiramisu

oatingisland

green tea ice cream

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tarte tatin

Turkishdelights

cornesde gazelle

rum baba

salty licorice

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A fer savoring nearly every morsel o break as , Marcel akes a shower ou ted wi h a big je o wa er.He scrubs his usks, care ully dries his ears, and spends ex ra ime cleaning his nails.

An adult elephant weighs more than 5 tons, which is the weight of about 62 men combined! He only digests 40 t60 percent of what he eats. With his dung, he spreads the seeds of trees and thus contributes to the reforestation

of certain regions, just as his enormous dietary needs destroy others.

The skin o an elephant isvery thick yet extremely delicate. Anelephant requently bathes or showerswith the help o his trunk. He also takesbaths in the mud or dust to protect hisskin against the suns rays, parasites,and insects stings.

The elephant appears tohave ourknees , when, in act, the

knees on their ront legs unctionmore like wrists.

And elephants cant jump: One ootmust always be on the ground. Despitetheir enormous size, elephants dontmake any noise when they walktheir eet set their heavy weight downevenly, absorbing all o the shock.

The elephant walks on the ends ohis digits, which rest on enormous pads.The toes are enclosed in a protective shell,so the toenails arent visible.

The older an elephant gets, the more damagedits teeth become: This may be why an elephant can dieo hunger i it lives to be 70 or 80 years o age.

From birth, elephants have baby tusks. The naltusks , which serve as ront teeth, appear at two years oage. I an elephant is lef-handed, like Paul McCartney,then the lef tusk is more worn than the right tusk.

An elepextension o tnose joined intallows the elepThe trunk alsotrumpeting, asshowering, eatand caressing icreatures. Thelike a nger wcan shell a pealeast 150,000 mitsel weighs a(130 kilograms

The ears o an elephant helphim to an himsel : by apping them,he can lower his body temperature.

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ransparency ha resembranslucen marine

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H ATS The block shaperis he woodworkerwho sculp s heblocks ha millinersuse o crea e he

orm o heir ha s.Block shapers alsomake blocks orboo makers.

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rs wornby men (par icularlya hle es) and henby women.

In ashion since he 19 hcen ury, he cap is ligh ,

prac ical,and equippedwi h a visorha blocks

he sun. InFrench slang, i scalled a gapete.

The op ha became asymbol o he upperclass during he middleo he 19 h cen ury.I also

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olds and un oldsusing mechanicalsprings, which is

called an opera ha . The bowler ha was asymbol o grea respec -abili y, and was associa ed

wi h he big ci y,especially inEngland be ween

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o i s durabili y.

The bicorne ha wasrs used as headgear oreques rians. Today, memberso he French Academy orPoly echnique gradua es

have he honor owearing i .

This special ype o maskcovers jus he eyes and iso velve or sa in, is mainlby women.

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The elephant is smart! In 2006, Happy, an Indian elephant at the Bronx Zoo, was given an intelligence test. A mark was placed on a mirror that Happy was looking at, and she placed her trunk on the mark, suggesting that she recognized her own image! Other animals that passed this test were a few large primates, orcas, dolphins, and some birds.

The ves , called le marcel in French, is heul ima e sleevelessshir : Prac ical ormoving around, i sa popular choice wi hdockworkers and armers.

The rs miniskir debu ed in a 1962collec ion o he English ashiondesigner Mary Quan , bu she mayhave been originally inspired bya model she saw hrough awindow . . . in Sain -Tropez!

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around he neck a bi like he snainspired i s nameworn by elegan

he beginning ocen ury, and hesinger Rgine sui in La Grand

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Clogs are shoes o wooclosely mirror he shape

he oo , carved rom piece o wood. They beappear oward he veryo he 15 h cen ury.

CLOGS

People have been wearing hats since antiquity: During that time, people wore petasos , round hats with broad, at brims that weresecured to the head with a string. Hats o straw were also popular.

YOU SAY . . . Hats off! : Congratulations! Pulled out of a hat : Appeared like magic

IN THE WARDROBE

THE MASK

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PANTS

N ow, wha should I wear? Marcel wonders, surveying his wardrobe, which is lled o he brim. He ries on avarie y o ou s and ha s, humming all he while, nally selec ing red pan s wi h suspenders, and hen slippingon very shiny pa en lea her shoes.

In France, bell-botoms areknown as pan alon patesdlphan , or pates deph

or shor , which meanselephan -hoo pan s!Tigh a he op and hrough

he highs, bell-botomsare ou widely around heankles. During he 1970sin Cali ornia, bell-botomsbecame popular amongyoung hippies.

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