Order of the Elephant current form on 1 December 1693 by King Christian V as having only one class consisting of only 30 noble knights in addition to the Grand Master (i.e., the king) and his sons. The statutes of the order were amended in 1958 by a Royal Ordinance so that both men and women could be members of the order. The elephant and castle design derives from an elephant carrying a howdah, the familiar castle replacing the unfamiliar howdah, and finds use elsewhere in European iconography, as discussed at howdah. The Danish monarch is the head of the order. The members of
The Elephant of Surprise also make things more exciting. Russel explores Freeganism, his hometown (which looks very different when looking for food), and the possibility of forming a relationship with the handsome Wade, a Freegan. At the same time, he cannot forget his former love, Kevin, and asks Gunnar to keep tabs on him. The sequel to "The Elephant of Surprise" and the fifth Russel Middlebrook book is "The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know". The Elephant of Surprise The Elephant of Surprise is a young adult novel by Brent Hartinger, the fourth volume in The Russel Middlebrook Series, which was published in