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When the little elephant wakes up in the morning, he brushes his tusks, drinks 100 liters of water and makes a bunch of big and rounds dung like a soccer. One morning, two dung came out, because the little elephant has become two years old. And so it goes on day after day, year after year. After 50 years, the dung has suddenly become less. What happened? This small picture book is about a big subject: the meaning of life. It has awarded by the Arts Foundation with the "most beautiful German books."

故事讲述了一只象从小到大的生命历程：一只小象一天到晚吃个不停，梦想着自己快快长大。当他第一次过生日的时候，他发现，能拉出两个粪球了，大象绕着这两个粪球跑呀跳呀，特别高兴……一年又一年，每天早上小象都要数清自己拉出的粪球……当他一天能拉50个粪球时，他幸福极了，他感觉自己已经长成大象了……随着时间的推移，大象又该过生日了。可是，这一天却发生一件奇怪的事：46、47、48、49，数到49个，就没有了。这是怎么回事呢？