在这部小象的故事家庭片中,【小象的故事】(Whispers: An Elephant's Tale)是迪士尼于2000年推出的一部作品,完全是由非洲野生动物主演,工作人员到野外拍摄实景之后,再根据剧本的故事发展来进行剪辑、配音的工作,才终于完成了这部作品。本片的故事叙述有一只名叫Whispers 的非洲象宝宝,才刚刚学会走路就在一次逃亡意外中跟母亲Gentle Heart 分散了,于是小象就踏上了寻找母亲的旅程,在途中他遇到了一只名为Groove 的大象,她因为特立独行而被她的族群给疏远,就决定远离族群去寻找自己的冒险,这一大一小两只象遇上后便开始同行,在非洲大草原上共同经历了许多精采的冒险。
A nameless baby male elephant was just getting used to life in the herd, when poachers kill his mother, so he runs and gets lost. He's found by a grouchy female, Groove, the sister of a matriarch, who walks off disgusted with life in her herd. Not exactly wholehearted, she still takes the orphan under her wing, 'till we find your herd', but fails to find his herd, or a new home with males -who find him disrespectful and mouthy- or her own herd, which nicknames the kid whispers since his trumpeting is so weak. meanwhile the fear for poachers and (that is, in the movie) lions drives them north over the great river, a long and dangerous journey...