Why they took elephant from their home with them?

Cute elephant on the grass and the trees behind Children elephant book 'An Elephant in the Garden' written by Michael Morpurgo which consists of 224 pages. An Elephant in the Garden Nine-year old Karl was living in home with her mother who was doing part time job at old age caring home apart from doing zoo keeper. Sometimes, she had to visit nursing home in weekends when they asked her to come. At old age caring home, she had to look after elderly people. Sometimes in weekends she had to bring along with her in old age caring home Karl and his friends where they spend good time playing around. Karl used to play chess game with elderly people and watching TV with them when rained outside. At nursing home, there was elderly woman lived in a separate room, her actually name was Elizabeth but Karl's mother named her Lizzie because she slept too much but fond of reading books and Agatha Christie was her favorite author. As a zoo keeper, Karl's mother had to look after ...