Why do elephants need their trunks? Have they always had it? You can find answers to these and other questions through reading Rudyard Kipling`s fairy-tale, published in a new beautiful edition illustrated by famous Józef Wilkoń, a legend among Polish children`s book illustrators. He is a prizewinner of many international illustration competitions, i.a, in Bologna (1980, 91), Padua (1975), Bratislava (1969, 73), Geneva (2000), Arles (2000), Leipzig (1959) and Düsseldorf (1966). Inside: Activities relating to the story. Read, colour, draw, guess, exercise your memory and powers of perception.