Once there lived an elephant, and he said to himself, “I am very hungry”. He went along a path in the forest, and came to a bamboo-palm standing in a swamp. Roughly he tore down the palm; he saw a tender bud in one of its leaves. But as he took the bud from the lead, it fell into the water. He hunted and hunted, yet could not find it because he had riled up the water and it blinded his eyes. The a frog spoke and said, “listen!”. The Elephant did not hear, thrashing the water hard with his trunk. The frog spoke again: “listen!” The Elephant heard this time, and stood perfectly still, curious. Thereupon the water became clear so that he found the palm-bud and ate it.
By Karen Kennerly
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