NCERT Book Class 7 English (The Alien Hand) Chapter 3 Golu Grows a Nose

There was a time when the elephant had no trunk.
Golu, a baby elephant with a bulgy nose, is full of questions.
He goes to the Limpopo river to find out more about the
crocodile’s eating habits.

LONG, long ago the elephant had no trunk.
He had only a bulgy nose, as big as a boot.
He could wiggle it from side to side, but
couldn’t pick up things with it.
There was a baby elephant called Golu.
He, too, had no trunk but only a bulgy
nose, as small as a small boot. Golu was
full of questions. He asked his tall aunt,
the ostrich, “Why don’t you ever fly like