A frickin' elephant?

I got this joke forwarded to me by my mother. As I teacher, I especially enjoyed it.

My five-year old students are learning to read. Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, 'Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!'

I took a deep breath, then asked...'What did you call it?' 'It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!' And so it does...

A f r i c a n Elephant