Ann is afraid he'll step on her, he's so tall and awkward and wanderin'.

Did you ever see an elephant talking with a cricket ?" "Not as I remember," said Harry.
"I never did myself, but if I did, I'm sure they'd both look very tired.
It would be still harder for an elephant to be engaged to a cricket.

I don't reckon the elephant's love would fit the cricket or that they'd ever be able to agree on what they'd talk about.

It's some that way with Abe and Ann.

She is small and spry; he is slow and high.