Snoutie and His Friends

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The Snoutie Family – Mama Snoutie, Papa Snoutie, and Little Snoutie – lived in a cozy wooden house at the foot of a tall green hill, on the banks of a small river, close to the edge of the Big Magical Forest.

Little Snoutie was a dear, comical little creature, who looked like a funny cross between a baby elephant and a piglet. The most incredible thing about his face was his snunk, which was a short trunk that ended in the small button of a snout. It was extremely flexible, and he was always stretching it w-a-a-a-y far out and pulling it w-a-a-a-y back in as he poked at everything he came across. Snoutie used his snunk to dig up sweet potato tubers from the ground and shuck juicy ears of corn, which he loved more than anything.

Snoutie’s ears looked like the ears of an elephant, but they were softer and covered in a delicate down. He had a thick hide, which was hidden under a short, brown coat of fur. Although Snoutie was born with stripes and spots, these disappeared as he got older, and his fur grew darker and turned rough, just like his Mama’s and Papa’s. Like them, he also had neat little hooves on his paws.

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