A long time ago, an elephant named Elie lived in the savanna. He made a daily trip to the pond for a bath and water. One day, he passed his neighbor Brenda the bird. Elie told her he did not like her singing at all which interrupted his beauty nap. Elie decided to get even with Brenda, so he crushed her eggs in her nest. Brenda flew to her flock to seek their help, devastated by her loss.
One bird told her, "Elie is the biggest and strongest animal and we are no match for him." Another bird had a brilliant idea: "Why not fly over Elie's head and poke out both his eyes?" So, the next day, all the birds hovered over Elie and poked out his eyes. Blind, Elie was unable to find food or water, became sick, and died.
I recounted the story from a book called "Kalila wa Dimna," written a century ago in Persia (modern-day Iran) and translated into many foreign languages. It is one of many beautifully written stories about animals that still hold in our everyday lives.
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