An elephant named Sooki doesn't know he's an elephant. All he knows is that he lives alone and likes to dance and kick his feet. After he nearly shakes the jungle to pieces, a parrot points out that he's never seen anything like Sooki: his ears are too big and his skin's too saggy. Sooki tries to change his appearance and some hungry jungle creatures are all too eager to "help" him. Their failure to make a meal of Sooki helps the saggy, baggy elephant discover who he really is and find others like him. Younger children might be a little fearful of the fact that several of the animals - a tiger, a crocodile, and a lion - happily offer to eat Sooki! However, it's presented in a somewhat playful style with both the writing and the colorful and cartoony illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren.
