Baby Elephant Journal

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In the beginning chapters, two babies were born. One a baby boy and the other a baby elephant named Modoc. People believed that these two would have a special bond that would last a lifetime. Soon the life of the circus is revealed. The owner of the circus, greets Josef, the father of the baby boy, and congratulates him on the care of the new baby elephant. Josef tries his best to teach the other trainers to take care of the animals as if they were people, resulting in the animals and trainers having such a great bond that nothing seems able to destroy.

Journal entry 2:

Bram and Gertie go on a picnic with Modoc. Bram watches Gertie dance on top the great elephant's back. Bram doses off and starts thinking while about his father's teaching

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