An interesting story for children that gives children a beautiful lesson about loving life and aspirations, and not giving up on dreams, even if they are big. With striving and diligence, dreams will come true, just as the elephants did in that story.
Story Events: The elephant Sammy and his friend Ethan worked in a car wash. They filled the hose with water and cleaned and polished cars, but that task was difficult for them. Sammy and Ethan would stand for hours to clean the cars.
Elephant Sammy Feels Tired: The elephant Sammy started feeling a prickling in his feet. He told his elephant friend Ethan that this job had become exhausting for him, and his feet could no longer tolerate standing for long periods.
His elephant friend Ethan told him they didn’t have an alternative at the present time. They had left the zoo to enjoy life and freedom, and they wouldn’t be able to return to the zoo again and live within closed walls.
Elephant Sammy’s Dream: The elephant Sammy started telling his elephant friend Ethan that he dreamed of being a cook in a restaurant. He was skilled in cooking and preparing the best types of soup. His friend Ethan told him that this idea wouldn’t be acceptable to restaurant owners, as no one would hire elephants because of their large size.
But as was the elephant Sammy’s habit, he didn’t give up easily. He told the elephant Ethan that tomorrow he would go to several restaurants to apply for a job as a cook in a restaurant.
Elephant Sammy Looks for Work: On the morning of the next day, the elephant Sammy went out, wandering through the city from one restaurant to another, looking for work. But he returned with great disappointment. He told Ethan he wouldn’t find a vacant job and sat thinking about a solution to his crisis, as he couldn’t continue his life washing cars.
Elephant Sammy Proposes a Wonderful Idea: After long thinking, the elephant Sammy found a wonderful idea. He told his friend Ethan that tomorrow he would go to the bank to borrow money and open his own restaurant to serve soup. Ethan was happy with this idea and asked Sammy to employ him with him, as he was skilled in singing.
He suggested to Sammy to stand at the restaurant door and sing to the customers. Sammy was happy with this idea and welcomed it. Sammy and Ethan started thinking about a name for their new restaurant, and they reached a beautiful name for the restaurant: Soup and Song.
Elephant Sammy at the Bank: The next day, Sammy went eagerly to the bank to borrow enough money to open his new restaurant. But unfortunately, the bank refused to lend Sammy the full required amount due to lack of collateral for repayments.
They lent Sammy only a small part of the amount. Sammy returned sadly to his friend Ethan and told him that the bank refused to lend him the full amount and gave him a part that didn’t equal half the cost required to open a new restaurant.
Elephant Sammy Returns to the Car Wash: Sammy decided to return to work at the car wash until he could complete the required amount to achieve his dream. But time was passing slowly. Days, weeks, and months passed, and the amount Sammy collected was still not enough.
Elephant Sammy and the Dawn of Hope: One day, Sammy went as usual to the car wash, tired of working at the car wash. While Sammy was washing cars, he heard singing and music approaching the car wash.
Sammy was amazed by this sound and told Ethan to go out to see what was happening outside. Ethan went out and saw a truck with a man standing on it singing and another man selling ice cream. Many children had gathered around the truck to buy ice cream.
Sammy went out to see the truck and looked at it with great happiness. The elephant Ethan asked about the reason for the happiness that filled the elephant Sammy when he saw the truck selling ice cream, thinking he wanted to buy ice cream. But the elephant Sammy was thinking of another idea.
The elephant Sammy told his friend Ethan that it was a wonderful idea for them to rent a truck and turn it into a restaurant to start their small project. It wouldn’t cost the same as a restaurant. The elephant Ethan told his friend Sammy that it was a wonderful idea.
Soup and Song Restaurant: The next day, the elephant Sammy went to the truck show, rented a large truck, and turned it into the restaurant he had dreamed of. The truck would travel through the city, and adults and children would gather around it to eat delicious soup and listen to the beautiful songs that the elephant Ethan sang.
Translated from the story: NO MORE CARE WASH BLUES