There once lived an Elephant named Ello and that lived with his wife Ella , and they had a little elephant baby that they named Phant.Baby Phant was a handful .Though he ate his spaghetti , oranges , and green beans ; Baby Phant was never satisfied with what he wanted to drink.
Ello would give his little Phant milk , but he would go ... oooh yuck !
Ella would offer her little Phant ice tea , but he would go ewwww ... and then give that devilish grin when his bottle would going flying across the room ... Weeee !!!
Ello would get grumpy , as he would groan and grunt . Ella would go , " Oh dear! Its a stage our little one is going through.
Every night after dinner Ello would go outside along the fence. He would meet up Bubby Bear and Gino Giraffe . They all would laugh when Ello would grab a rootbeer and pop it open in disgust .
" Hows the wife there Ello," Bubby Bear would ask .
Ello would grunt , " Goood " .
Gino knew how to fire up Ello and he would .
" Say there Ello ! Hows that boy of yours !"
Ello would mutter , " Fine I guess ."
Gino would turn to Bubby , and Bubby tried to hold in a laugh and try to stop Gino from starting trouble .
As everything would seem calm , the three would attempt to take a sip of their frosty rootbeers.
Ello held the can to his lips and suddenly Gino bellowed , " Say Ello what's the boy been dinking lately ? !!!!"
Ello would get red in anger , and Bubby would shoot rootbeer out his mouth , as he could no longer hold a gut buster of a laugh .
The two roll on the ground laughing as Ello would dromp his feet towards the house.
Ella sits up reading her book and Ello turns out his nightlight and shuts his eyes.
The overhead light comes on and Ella turns and asks , " What's wrong dear?"
" That gosh darn kid of ours ! He will not drink anything! Darn it ... Darn it ! Darn it !"
Ello hears Baby Phant crying and goes into his room .
Baby Phant says , " Dink Dink Dink !!! "
Ello yells , " What in the Blue moon are you babbling ... Ella what in flying jets is dink ... dink ... dink !!"
Ella rolls over from a peaceful sleep and says , " I believe Baby Phant wants a drink dear!"
Ello mutters , " Here we go agian," as he lifts Baby Phant from his crib.
He sits his son down at the table and sits him in his high chair .
Baby Phant lips his little elephant hands in the air and yells playfully , " Dink ... Dink ... Dink !"
Ello scans the fridge to see what's inside .
" Hmmm ... Orange juice ... Grape Juice ... milk ... and ice tea ... oh and some pine apple punch ," Ello says gathering up the beverages and approaching the table .
" Would you like some Orange juice?" Ello asks his son .
Baby Phant says , " Yee Yee !"
Ello hands the Orange juice only to hear Baby Elephant say , " Muck ! Muck ! ," as he pushes the orange juice off the table.
Ello puts his hand over his eyes and then looks at his baby son .
" Would you like some Grape Juice boy ?" Ello says composing himself .
Baby Phant nods and says , " Yee Yee !"
Ello hands his son the grape juice hoping this is it !
Baby Phant cringes his trunk and yells , " Blah Booo ! "
Ello puts down his head down as he watches grape juice pour into his lap .
Ello shakes his head and looks up at his son .
" How about some milk son ?" Ello finally asks trying to bite his tounge .
Baby Phant smiles at his father and shakes his head up and down .
To Ello's dismay his son spits the milk out his trunk and yells , " Heee Hee ... Horray !"
Ello wipes the milk from his face and groans , " Oh my ! I can't please this boy ... I wish my dear were here !"
Ella walks into the room and gives her husband a pat .
" Would like to try it dear ?"
Ella grabs the ice tea and offers Baby Phant a glass .
He just smiles and says , " Noooo ! Noooo ! "
Ella laughs and gives Ello a hug and says , " Well dear keep trying ... I'm heading back to bed."
Ello puts his hand on his chin and stares blankly at the pineapple punch.
" I do not suppose you would like to share some pinapple punch ... would ya ?" Ello asks taking a long drink himself . He finally lets out his hand and offers his son a glass .
Baby Phant shakes his head , he doesn't even attempt to try a sip ... he just closes his eyes.
Ello puts his head down he feels defeated , he hears a silence so he decides to close his eyes .
" Dink ... Dink ... Dink ! ... Dink ... Dink ... Dink ! " yells Baby Phant as he awakes his father from a long period of dozing off .
" I can't take this ... I can't ! I can't !" yells Ello in a rant .
He grabs his son and carries him out of the house and down the street . The neighbors all look out the windows as they hear the tromping of Ello's feet .
" Where is he taking his boy this hour of the night ?" a neighbor asks .
Gino yells out the window , " Maybe he is putting his boy on a six A.M. flight!"
Ello knows there is only one person that would put up with such confusion . His father Elvan who stayed up with Ello when he was a wie little Elephant chap .
Ello races to his father's door ... he is pleased to see the light on !
Before he could reach the steps the door swings open . It is Elvan in his silver robe and matching slippers , and he has a pipe hanging from his mouth.
" Come in my boy ! I just was on the horn with Ella ... she says your in quite a pickle !"
Ello just shakes his head and says with a sigh , " I suppose I am Pop ."
" Oh cheer up old boy ... there has to be something I could do ... I pulled off a miracle time to time you know ."
" How's that Pop?" asks Ello .
Elvan just takes a puff of his pipe and says with a chuckle , " I hushed you up time after time ... your mother couldn't shut you up !"
Elvan looks at Baby Phant and waves hello .
" So little chap you need something to wet that whistle of yours!"
Ello lets out a moan , " I offer him orange juice , grape juice , ice tea , pine apple punch ... and milk ! ... Nothing seems to please this boy he doesn't want a drink !"
Elvan strokes his chin and then smiles a delightful smile . He walks over to the fridge and opens it up.
" Awe ... Awe ... Yes indeed I have something that just might work!" Elvan bellows out .
He comes to the table and sets down a gift box.
" Go ahead little one ! See what is inside ."
Ello looks on as he is curious himself .
Baby Phant lifts the top off and says , " Wooo Woow !!! "
There before him is sparkling glasses of cola . Elvan twists the cap and his grandson's eyes light up as he hears the fizzles . Elvan takes a sip and smiles at his grandson .
" That's the ticket little one ... would you like some," Elvan asks .
Baby Phant raises his hands and says , " Plez Plez Plez! "
Elvan walks over and says , " Open Open !! "
He pours the cola into Baby Phants mouth . The little one swallows and to Ello's surprise nothing is spit out .
Baby Phant just looks around and then says , " Mo Mo Mo ," as he reaches out his small elephant hands.
Elvan hands the gift box to Ello and says , " Well my boy ! I believe my job is done!"
Ello thanks Elvan before he and Baby Phant leave , and Baby Phant waves at Elvan as happy as can be.
Ello is happy that his little one is happy , he watches in delight when all the way home Baby Phant yells , " nite nite nite !"
Ello puts his son to bed , and then climbs into the sack himself . Ella asks what Elvan did .
" I guess a little cola goes along way dear ... that guy is a pro what can I say ?!!!"
The two sleep for hours with no interuptions as it has been a long day . The two awake at noon as Baby Phant is still sound asleep in his room. Ello and Ella decide not to wake their little one , as they decide to go back to bed themselves .
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