How the baby giraffes got to Africa

Once upon a time there was a big harbour made of white stone. everyday many ships came in the harbour and left. the ships carried many things and were owned by traders. the ships brought things like carpets, spices and combustion engine parts and took away things like wheat, apples and iron ore.

every time a ship would dock the giraffes would help the people get down from the ships. the giraffes would go to the ships and the captain of the ship would give each of them 6 apples to eat. the giraffes liked apples and after they had eaten they would let people climb down their long necks.

and after all the men and cargo was was unloaded the giraffes went away. they would help sailors climb into the ships when the crew was ready to go into the great ocean. it was a nice arrangement, but there was one little boy who was scared of giraffes and was afraid to climb down their long necks.

He had come from a far away land and his parents were killed by a dragon and he was working on the ship for food. When the ship was the sea he had a lot of time to play but there was nothing he could play with except ropes and barrels. so he started playing with the ropes and started to make knots and weaves.

on the day before they entered the white harbour he had just finished his biggest rope ladder. and now the giraffes were gone and all the people were gone he was alone in the ship and he threw down his ladder and climbed down.

soon he told the captain that they didnt need the giraffes to climb down and if the crew used the rope ladders they would save a lot of apples. the captain agreed and soon all the ships were using the rope ladders. the boy became very fameous and was soon helping the captain with other things.

but the giraffes were very sad. they had nothing to do now. they looked at their young ones and they were hungry. at night they went to the moon and asked her what they should do now, the moon replied that they are giraffes and they should be in the African grasslands, not in a harbour helping human beings and their little trading ships. the giraffes did not know where Africa was and they asked the moon for help. but there was an evil black cloud that blocked the moon and it stayed there. so the giraffes could not talk to the moon anymore.

but the giraffes saw some clouds faraway on the horizon and the clouds were carrying baby elephants. the giraffes called the clouds and asked if they would carry their baby giraffes too, the clouds agreed and soon they came back after putting the baby elephants in Africa and took the baby giraffes to Africa.