Tinga Tinga Tales

There was a time when Elephant had no nose. He couldn't swat away the flies, or scrub his belly and he couldn't even blow his nose. Then one day snappy Crocodile snapped. Crocodile pulled and he pulled and he pulled until Ker-doing. Crocodile let go and Elephant's nose was all long and wiggly and And that's why Elephant has a trunk.

There was a time when Giraffe didn't have a long neck. Hers was all short and stumpy until she gets her head stuck in a honey tree and has to stay there for all of Summer, Autumn and Winter.

There was a time when Tortoise's shell was all shiny and smooth. One day Tortoise discovered the birds were having a feast in the heavens and he tricked them into making him a pair of wings.

There was a time when Owl's head didn't turn all the way round. Then all the mangoes started disappearing in Tinga Tinga and Owl was ordered to keep watch.

Lizard scampers around Tinga Tinga pinching other animals' food and keeping it all for himself. Then the animals decide to give greedy Lizard a dose of his own medicine. When Lizard realises the error of his ways he runs and hides under a rock too ashamed to show his face in Tinga Tinga.

Peacock upsets Mama Hen and makes her feel plain. Eagle, Mama Hen's best friend, decides to lend Hen her most prized possession - a needle.