When Karl’s mother later explains that Lizzie is confused and there was no elephant, Karl protests: “If says she had an elephant in her garden, then she did” (9). Lizzie is amazed that his name is Karl and that he looks so much like “him.” She tells Karl that an elephant once lived in her garden. One day he wanders into Lizzie’s room, meeting her for the first time, and they chat like old friends. A nurse at an elderly living facility brought her son, Karl, to the nursing home. When she has no one to look after Karl, he goes to work with her, where he plays outside with friends or visits the patients. An Elephant In the Garden Official Trailer 2nd - 18th April Barn At Home - YouTube 0:00 / 0:51 An Elephant In the Garden Official Trailer 2nd - 18th April Barn At Home Barn Theatre. Lizzie’s nurse is a single parent who works part-time at the nursing home while raising her nine-year-old son, Karl. Lizzie seems to have no family, and her speech is formal and precise, as if English were not her first language. An Elephant In The Garden is published in hardback by HarperCollins, at £12.99 READER NOTES AN ELEPHANT IN THE GARDEN By Michael Morpurgo (All page numbers quoted here are from the hardback. Karli had his hands over his ears and was screaming. The bombers were coming.Then, in no time at all, the sky above us was filled with a thunderous throbbing roar, so loud that I thought my ears might burst.

Beneath the horrors of war and its destruction of human livelihood lies the kindness and generosity of strangers. Key Quotes-Explained - An Elephant in the Garden 3 KEY QUOTES- WITH EXPLANATIONS 'The bombers. As the first of two adaptations being revived for the digital stage, its message is a bright and hopeful one. The nurse knows very little about Lizzie except that she lived by herself before coming to the home in poor physical condition she is frail, pale, and undernourished. And thus begins The Barn Theatre’s An Elephant in the Garden, adapted by Simon Reade from the book by Michael Morpurgo. She does not like the nursing home, but she is fond of her nurse.

Lizzie is an 82-year-old patient in a nursing home, where she has lived for about a month.

An elephant in the garden