Poppet is an elephant. When he is born, his mother warns him against mice because they run up elephants' trunks. Poppet spends time asking various creatures if they are mice. Then one of them says yes. However, Momo persuades Poppet that this is an old wives' tale and they soon become friends.

I loved this book because Poppet did not know what a mouse was! He went around asking small creatures if they were mice. I found it very funny. Emily