Babar wins the war by having the elephants paint monster faces on their backsides, which cause the frightened rhinoceroses to run away. It was sparked when Arthur tied a firecracker to the tail of Lord Rataxes. And when they escape and return home, what awaits them but war with the rhinoceroses. stormy winds down the balloon on an island, and yet again will the royal couple escape by whale, be marooned on an even smaller island and be rescued by a passing ocean liner only to be turned over to an animal trainer and put to work in a circus. In Jean de Brunhoff's second Babar book, The Travels of Babar, when the married couple leave by balloon on their honeymoon: Babar is crowned King of the Elephants and marries his cousin, Celeste. Following the death of the King of the Elephants, who had eaten a poisonous mushroom (the illustrations indicate that it is a fly agaric), a council of old elephants approach Babar, saying that as he has "lived among men and learnt much", he would be suitable to become the new King. Babar's cousins Celeste and Arthur find him in the big city and help him return to the Elephant realm. He is befriended by the Old Lady, who buys him clothes and hires him a tutor. Story synopsis Īfter Babar's mother is shot and killed by a hunter, he flees the jungle and finds his way to an unspecified big city with no particular characteristics. He marries his cousin, Celeste, and they subsequently have children and teach them valuable lessons. Because of his travels and civilization, Babar is chosen king of the elephant kingdom. ![]() Just as he returns to his community of elephants, their king dies from eating a bad mushroom. Babar escapes, and in the process leaves the jungle in exile, visits a big city, and returns to bring the benefits of civilization to his fellow elephants. It tells of a young elephant, named Babar, whose mother is killed by a hunter. The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. Gavin Magrath (young 1989 TV series and movie)īabar, Doctor of Letters, King of the ElephantsĪrthur (brother-in-law), Badou (grandson), Lulu (granddaughter), Periwinkle (daughter-in-law), Cory (son-in-law)īabar the Elephant ( UK: / ˈ b æ b ɑːr/, US: / b ə ˈ b ɑːr/ French pronunciation: ) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff. ![]() Gordon Pinsent (1989–2015 2 TV series and movie)ĭan Lett (1999–2000 movie and TV series) Cover of the first Babar story, Histoire de Babar ( Story of Babar), published 1931.
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