Tiny pebble tripped clumsy elephant.

Meaning: This sentence describes how a small stone caused a clumsy elephant to lose its balance and fall.

Choice of Words: Tiny means extremely small in size. Pebble is a small stone. Tripped means to catch one's foot on something and lose balance, causing a fall. Clumsy means lacking coordination or dexterity.

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A small stone made the elephant with clumsy feet fall over.

Meaning: This means that a small stone caused the elephant, who was not very good at moving around, to fall over.

Choice of Words: Tiny means very small, and pebble is a small stone. Tripped means to catch your foot on something and fall, and clumsy means not being able to move or do things well. Elephant is a large animal with four legs and a trunk.

A little rock caused the elephant who was not very good at walking to stumble.

Meaning: This means that a small stone caused the elephant, who was not very good at walking, to almost fall over.

Choice of Words: Little also means small, and rock is another word for stone. Stumble means to trip and almost fall, and walking is how people and animals move from one place to another by putting one foot in front of the other.

A very small stone made the elephant who was not very graceful fall.

Meaning: This means that a very small stone caused the elephant, who was not very graceful, to come down from a higher to a lower place.

Choice of Words: Very means to a great degree or extent, and graceful means moving or behaving in a smooth and elegant way. Fall means to come down from a higher to a lower place.

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