"The wrinkly elephant lumbered to its water trough." Wrinkly is an adjective.
Is it Gold? Maybe because it has been on the Earth for long and people still wear it as new.
In the book After the First Death it’s taking something scary and life threatening and placing it in a situation with something innocent like children and school. Kate takes the roll of being the saviour and leader for the children. they look for guidance in her and with their innocence see it as something being savable and simple