The great journey

One morning Asher's elephant awoke to see that Asher's dad was packing his bags for a trip.  Asher's elephant wondered where he was going.  Asher's dad had been on trips before, but Asher's elephant never seemed to get to travel anywhere.  Perhaps he should tag along this time, he thought.  When Asher's dad was not looking, Asher's elephant snuck into his backpack and hid.  Asher's dad zipped up the backpack -- Asher's elephant was going on a trip!  He listened to the journey for many hours, as they took a taxi to the airport, a plane, and then another plane, and then a bus.  When Asher's elephant emerged from the backpack, he looked around.  Where was he?  There were mountains, a lot of dust, and a deep blue sky.  Asher's dad walked around and Asher's elephant went with him.  At one point they stopped by a funny house on stilts.  There was a man sitting inside the little house, which only had a chair, a counter, and a stove.  The man was in a uniform and had a funny pakol hat, but he invited Asher's dad in for tea and an interesting flat bread called naan.  As Asher's dad and the man were enjoying breakfast they saw a herd of camels off in the distance.  Asher's elephant was very interested in this strange land and its men with long beards.  At the end of the trip, Asher's elephant snuck back into the backpack and listened to the journey back, which included another bus, two more airplanes, and another taxi.  It was a great trip, but it was also good to be home.
See the first Asher's Elephant story children’s book: (board book) http://bit.ly/cjepRz and (kindle) http://bit.ly/axIzeK