Emily's+UFG+final

 Polly and Maglory  Polly was a kind, caring and accepting elephant. Never did Polly judge others and he always put his family first. Unfortunately, during migration season a blinding dust storm caused Polly too loose sight of his family and he was left to journey alone to an unknown destination. He was forced to find a more hospitable location near food and water sources but when he arrived there was no sign of his brothers, sisters or mother. Polly realized that his family must have taken another path and ended up in a far off location. He was on his own now, without a family to support him.  As Polly was walking through the forest he looked down and noticed an egg sticking out of the brush. He looked up and realized it must have fallen from one of the trees. Assuming that it was cracked or broken he bent down prepared for lunch but realized it was not cracked or bruised in the least. Polly looked around for any signs of movement. He was prepared for the mother of this egg to jump out from anywhere because a stranger was handling her unborn baby. As he stood in the silence Polly decided he would find a place to sleep for the night and keep this egg warm. Maybe its mother would show up in the morning. Polly built a bed for himself and his new egg and fell asleep, keeping his discovery warm and cozy.  Polly woke up the next morning and saw that his egg had not been moved or even touched. He felt a tingle in his heart and a love for his new egg. “Where was the mother?” he thought. Polly felt a sting of sadness as he thought about his own mother and how she was long gone playing in the river with his brothers and sisters eating plenty of food. As he grabbed the egg in his large gentle hands he spoke, “You are the only family I have now. I promise to take care of you and allow you to hatch safely and healthy.” Polly looked around, and with still no sign of a mother he put the egg back in its nest and went to look for breakfast, leaving the egg unattended.  Moments later, Polly returned with a full stomach prepared to set off on the day’s adventure. When he looked into the egg’s nest he saw that the egg had vanished. In a panic Polly looked around for movement for any sign of the egg. “Where could it have gone?” he wondered. Collapsing to the ground Polly imagined all of the possible things that could have happened to the egg. “Maybe the mother came back for her egg or maybe another animal came by and grabbed it for lunch.” Polly questioned. Devastated at the thought of someone eating his egg he stormed off into the forest to begin his search. Hours went by of Polly searching through brush and dirt and looking up high into the trees hoping to see any sign of his egg. None of the other creatures in the forest had seen his egg and Polly was beginning to lose hope. In the distance Polly heard high pitched laughs coming from his friends, the orangutans. Deciding to ask them for some help he wandered over to the mother and her kids.  “Have you seen a large crème colored egg today? I have misplaced an egg that I have taken as my own and I really would like it back.” A moment of silence went by before the orangutan mother replied, “I have not seen an egg today Polly, I am sorry you have lost yours.” Realizing that this was his last hope, Polly turned away, saddened by the fact that he had lost his only remaining family member. Before he reached the edge of the forest Polly heard one of the orangutan babies yell, “Momma, is this the egg?” Polly snapped his head around almost whacking himself with his own trunk. “That’s it! That’s my egg!” Polly yelled. He ran up to the baby orangutan and grabbed his egg. Happily he placed it back into its nest attached to Polly’s body and then hugged the little monkey thanking him profusely. The baby orangutan explained to Polly that he had found it as they were eating breakfast and thought it would be a fun toy. The mother scolded her son and told him that it is not nice to touch things that do not belong to him. Too happy to listen to anything the orangutan family was saying Polly turned and headed back home with his egg.  Days went by and Polly continued to take care of the egg that he had missed so much. Flowers were beginning to grow and the grass was becoming greener when his egg began to move. Polly had gathered seeds and all of the water he could find for whatever came out of the egg. He had not given a lot of thought to what type of animal may pop out of the egg that he had been carrying around for so long. At this point, Polly was ready for anything. When the egg began to crack Polly’s eyes did not move from it. It took one whole day and one whole night before finally a head popped out of the egg. It was a bird! As the bird and Polly locked eyes with each other there was a sense of relief on both of their faces. As Polly reached for the bird a frog hopped by and said “Oh, that’s a ChaCha! What are you going to name her?” Polly had never thought about a name, he really never thought about whether it would be a boy or girl. He looked back down at his new girl bird and said to himself, “Maglory, I am going to name her Maglory.” The frog smiled and said “Congratulations” as he hopped away. Polly held his rainbow feathered baby bird in his arms and realized these past few months he had not felt that sting of sadness for the family he had lost. Polly realized that he had a new family now, one that was all his own. Maglory was his daughter, it was going to be his responsibility to raise her and take care of her. He had never met a ChaCha bird before and she had just met her first elephant so they would learn about each other together He looked down at yellow eyed Maglory and said, “You are my family now, I will raise you and love you until the last sun rises.” Moral: Blood is not what makes a family