One day, at the zoo

A father, mother, and son decide to go to the zoo.

So they set off and are seeing lots of animals. Eventually they end up opposite the elephant house. The boy looks at the elephant, sees its penis, points to it and says, “Mommy, what is that long thing?”

“His mother replies, “That, son, is the elephant’s trunk.”

“No, at the other end.”

“That, son, is the tail.”

“No, mommy, the thing under the elephant.”

There’s a short embarrassed silence, after which she replies,

“That’s nothing.”

The mother goes to buy some ice cream and the boy, not being satisfied with her answer, asks his father the same question. 

“Daddy, what is that long thing?”

“That’s the trunk, son,” replies the father.

“No, at the other end.”

“Oh, that’s the tail.”

“No, no, daddy, the thing below,” says the son in desperation.

“That, son, is the elephant’s penis. Why do you ask?”

“Well mommy said it was nothing,” says the boy.

The father replies, “I tell you, I spoil that woman...”