{"id":3478,"date":"2025-08-16T00:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T00:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=3478"},"modified":"2025-08-16T00:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T00:17:11","slug":"origin-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/origin-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1024x205.jpg\" alt=\"dumbo banner\" class=\"wp-image-3429\" style=\"width:1200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1024x205.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-768x154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1536x307.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dumbo2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"origin story\" class=\"wp-image-3433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dumbo2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dumbo2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dumbo2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dumbo2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quillroom.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dumbo2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Origin Story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Dumbo&#8217;s beautiful story was based on the real elephant named &#8220;Jumbo.&#8221; A male, African elephant born in Sudan in 1860. His mother was killed by poachers, kidnapped and sold. Then Jumbo himself got taken away to London Zoo in 1865. He became a huge hit, a Victorian period sensation. Next, he spent his days giving zoo visitors rides on his back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Though Jumbo travelled with &#8220;Barnum &amp; Bailey&#8217;s Circus&#8221; in 1885, he unfortunately passed away during his career. &#8220;Jumbo&#8217;s craze&#8221; as they called it, did not leave un-attended. His story continued for many many years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">Dumbo is a Disney animated film released in 1941. 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