E is for Elephant and "chinese fables"

Mr. Elephant was fun to make. We liked all his parts... the big ears, the trunk, the sharp tusks. David and his Daddy play this game called "Chinese Fable." It was kind of inspired by the book called Tiki Tiki Tembo about why the Chinese use short names rather than long ones for their children... Anyway, Chris will say "Chinese Fable, Wind through Ear" and then blow in David's ear. They think this is quite funny. So David came up with a Chinese Fable name for his Elephant: Big Ear, Sharp Tusk. He was quite pleased with himself and his Daddy thought it was quite clever when he saw it that night.

David wouldn't pose for my picture but sister was more than happy to stand in for him. "Take a picture of Lia!" she says.