Elephants before they had trunks

Once upon a time, elephants did not have trunks, only a short stubby nose. The first elephant to get his nose elongated to a trunk was a nosy young elephant calf who got too near to a crocodile at the river Limpopo. The ravenous crocodile caught it by its nosy nose and tried to pull it into the river in order to devour it. Luckily a constrictor who happened to be napping nearby became aware of what was happening and hurried to the elephants rescue. Together they were able to pull free of the crocodiles iron grip, but the elephants nose remained hopelessly elongated. The constrictor helped the elephant calf discover how useful such an elongated nose could be. On it's return home it surprised everyone with its new abilities, resulting in all elephants marching to the river Limpopo to get their nose elongated, too. Ever since, elephants have a trunk.