In a large forest in India, there lives a lovely baby elephant. This baby elephant has a very special dream, which is to become a painter. However, as we all know, elephants don't have hands as dexterous as humans. So how can it paint? But this baby elephant doesn't give up its dream because of this.
The baby elephant has a long trunk. Every day, it tries to figure out how to hold a paintbrush with its trunk. At first, it always drops the paintbrush and spills the paint everywhere. But the baby elephant doesn't lose heart and tries again and again.
One day, the baby elephant finally manages to curl the paintbrush with its trunk and can draw some simple lines on the canvas. It is extremely happy and starts to practice even harder. It draws the big trees in the forest, the little birds on the trees, and the little rabbits hopping in the grass. Although the paintings are not perfect yet, each one is full of the baby elephant's love for the world.
However, the other animals in the forest don't understand the baby elephant's behavior. They think what the baby elephant is doing is very strange. Some animals even laugh at it, saying that it is doing something that can never succeed. The baby elephant is very sad when it hears this, but it doesn't give up.
The baby elephant comes to the riverside alone. It is very quiet here, without the ridicule of other animals. Looking at the river, it is full of strength again in its heart. It thinks that as long as it keeps on, it will be able to draw beautiful paintings and be recognized by everyone one day. So the baby elephant practices more assiduously. It keeps trying new painting methods, dipping its trunk into different - colored paints and smearing and outlining on the canvas.
Day by day, the baby elephant's paintings are getting better and better. The forest it draws looks like the real one. It seems that people can hear the birds singing and smell the flowers' fragrance. Once, an art exhibition was held in the forest, and all the little animals brought out their works to show. The baby elephant also summoned up its courage and took its paintings to participate in the exhibition.
When everyone sees the baby elephant's paintings, they are all astonished. They never thought that the baby elephant could draw such beautiful paintings with its trunk. The animals that used to laugh at the baby elephant feel very ashamed and apologize to it one after another. The baby elephant's paintings become the most popular works at the exhibition, and the baby elephant finally realizes its dream and becomes a famous painter in the forest. From then on, the baby elephant paints more confidently with its trunk, and its story also inspires every little animal in the forest, making them understand that as long as they have a dream and keep working hard, they will surely be able to achieve it.
