Literature / Mik's Mammoth

Though fortunate, I must admit, To have one priceless benefit — A mammoth for a friend.

According to the rest of his clan, Caveman Mik is a nincompoop. But what he lacks in brawn he makes up for in brains, and when the tribe is in trouble, it's Mik to the rescue!

Mik's Mammoth is a Picture Book written and illustrated by Roy Gerrard. It was first published January 1st 1990. The story is about a small caveman named Mik who accidentally gets left behind by the rest of his tribe and how he survived with the help of his mammoth friend Rumm.

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This book provides examples of:

• A Boy and His X: The story is called, Mik's Mammoth for a reason, for the story is largely about Mik taking care of a lost baby mammoth and later uses to save his tribe.
• An Aesop: The last page provides us with this:
  The moral is that little chaps
  May overcome life's handicaps,
  And, with some effort, they perhaps
  Can triumph in the end.
• Artistic License – Paleontology: A small one, a wooly mammoth being tame and spending time with a caveman.
• Bad with the Bone: A member of a enemy tribe is seen with a bone weapon.
• Bears Are Bad News: A bear attacked Mik and Rumm to try and take their cave, he quickly ran off though thanks to Rumm.
• Body Paint: Rumm gets his tusks painted in the last page.
• Farm Boy: Mik could be considered this after he makes himself a garden and after he saves his tribe he becomes the tribe's leader.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Mik the hero is the only blond in the entire story.
• Horse of a Different Color: Rumm a mammoth allows Mik to ride him.
• Narrative Poem: The entire story is in third person and rhymes.
• Nearly Normal Animal: Rumm the mammoth may qualify since he clearly understands Mik and even responses to him once by shaking his head when Mik offered him fish.
• Only Friend: Mik and Rumm start of as such due to being left behind by their families.
• Pet Baby Wild Animal: Rumm starts as this.
• Teen Genius: Mik may possibly qualify, since he's around the same size as the adults, but lacks a beard like the men of his tribe.
• True Companions: Mik and Rumm.
• War Mammoth: Rumm is briefly used as one by Mik against a enemy tribe.

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