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How the Elephant Got his Trunk

March 19, 2021 — March 21, 2021

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How Elephant got his Trunk

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Narrator 1 + 2 – Alya Lewis
Narrator 3 – Chloe Myner
Baby E – Devin Zylstra
Mama E + Papa E – Brooke Batsie
Sister E – Ivy Stewart
Auntie Ostrich / Python / Tiger – Kenzie Jones
Auntie Giraffe / Kolo-Bird 1 – Julia Hanel
Baboon / Waste 1 + 2 – Isaac Delgado
Auntie Hippo / Rhino – Sol Bierlein
Auntie Camel / Kolo-Bird 2 – Evangeline Fraley-Burgett
Crocodile – Tessa Hesling

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