This story started one spring morning when a circus came to a town. All the people and animals in the circus were happy. The
happiest of all was Mrs Jumbo, the elephant. She had a new baby elephant. His name was Dumbo. The circus animals laughed at him because his ears were very, very big. But Mrs Jumbo loved her son very much.
In the morning there was a great parade. Horses and giraffes, funny monkeys and dogs, lions and tigers, bears and elephants walked down the street. When people saw Dumbo, they shouted, “Look! Look at that funny animal with big ears! He can’t be an elephant! He’s a clown!” Dumbo was very sad.
The next day they made Dumbo into a clown. They dressed him in a baby dress and put a hat on his head. Dumbo didn’t like it. He didn’t want to be a clown. He was very sad. The smallest animal in the circus was Timothy the Mouse. He wanted to help Dumbo. “Hi, Dumbo! I’m your friend. Your ears are beautiful! I can teach you to fly,” said Timothy.
And Timothy started teaching Dumbo to fly. The elephant wanted to learn but he fell down. Suddenly a bird flew to the friends and said, “Here, take this magic feather. It can help you to fly.” Dumbo took the feather and up went his ears. And ... and ... he flew!
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In the evening show Timothy gave Dumbo the magic feather. The elephant jumped up to fly but dropped the magic feather. Dumbo fell down.
Timothy saw that and shouted, “The feather isn’t magic! You can fly!” Up went Dumbo’s ears and ... he flew up! “Hooray!” shouted the people in the circus. Dumbo became a hero!
History GCSE AQA B: Modern World History - International Relations: Conflict and Peace in the 20th Century - Topic 2: Peacemaking 1918-19 and the League of Nations