I've never read Elmer the Elephant before, he came out after I was of an age for them. This is a pair of stories, the first of which involves the elephants avoiding some elephant hunters, the second where a small elephant's teddy gets lost. The second story was easier, in that Elmer visits several animals and has basically the same conversation with each animal. Which made reading in a foreign language for the first time easier.
Google Translate gave a lot of support here, I read the page, translated what I could, interpolated the gaps and then checked what I thought was written through Translate. This was hard work, but it turns out that you can teach an old dog new tricks. I'm feeling very pleased with myself. ( )