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Find out how a flying elephant changes the life of a poor farmer.
The Flying Elephant
A Bhili folktale
A sugarcane farmer
once lived
in a small village.
He worked very hard in his fields
and hoped to have
a big harvest.
One morning, he saw
that a big chunk
of his crop was missing.
The next day,
another huge chunk of his crop
was gone.
"I'll stay awake tonight
and see who’s eating
my sugarcane,”
the farmer thought to himself.
That night,
he waited by the window,
watching his fields.
As the moon rose,
he saw a tiny speck
grow larger in the sky.
It was an elephant flying
right into his field!
The farmer watched in amazement
as it flew down
and started eating
his sugarcane.
He tiptoed outside
and waited for the elephant
to finish eating.
When the elephant
began flying away,
the farmer grabbed its tail
in order to catch the elephant.
Soon he was flying
above his fields
into Indra's kingdom
of Paradise.
Paradise was filled
with beautiful birds and flowers.
The ground was covered
with silver grass
and precious stones.
The farmer soon found
the royal palace
and met Indra.
"Your elephant has been flying down
and eating all my sugarcane.
My harvest is ruined,"
said the farmer.
"I am very sorry.
Please take
whatever you want
from my kingdom.
I'll make sure
he doesn't go down again
and damage your crops," said Indra
and blessed the man
with a safe journey
back home.
The farmer took
two handfuls of gems
and returned home.
He built himself a new house
and became a very rich man.
Soon the whole village
was curious
about his sudden wealth.
One day, some villagers
went to visit
the farmer's wife.
"Where did you get
all this money?
Did you find
buried treasure
in your fields?"
they asked.
The farmer's wife told them
what had happened.
That evening the villagers
decided to lure
the elephant down themselves.
"When we get to Paradise,
we'll take
more than just two handfuls of gems!"
they said.
They planted
a field of sugarcane
and sure enough,
the elephant flew down one night.
One villager grabbed its tail
and soon
there was a chain of villagers
flying behind the elephant.
As they flew up,
they began talking
about what they would bring back.
Finally,
it was the turn of the villager
holding the elephant's tail.
"I'm going to carry back this many gems!"
he declared in excitement.
He stretched his arms wide
and let go of the elephant's tail.
The villagers
all fell in a heap on the ground.
They watched sadly
as the elephant
disappeared into the sky.
"Don't worry.
The elephant will come back tomorrow,"
said the villagers.
But Indra,
hearing of the villagers’ trick,
arranged for
a sugarcane field
to be planted in Paradise.
The elephant
never felt the need
to fly down again.
The villagers waited
for many nights,
watching the sky.
But the elephant
never came back down again.
Illustration : Emanuele Scanziani
Music : Ladislav Brozman & Riccardo Carlotto
Translation : Sharanam Aznar
Narration : Victoria Perez
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