The story highlights the kindness of the elephants and the hair's cleverness in stealing the honey.
The elephant's pursuit of the hair teaches the importance of discernment and the impact of deception on relationships.
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The Kind Elephant and the Hair
A group of friendly elephants trick some bees into giving them honey and decide to bring it as a gift to their relatives. One of the elephants carries the honey in sacks on his back. Along the way, they encounter a hair who asks for a ride across a river, creating an opportunity for the hair to steal and eat the honey. The hair cleverly fills the empty honey sacks with stones to hide her theft. When the elephants discover the trick, they chase after the hair, leading to a comical chain of mistaken identity as the hair tricks farmers, women, and antelopes to divert the elephant's pursuit. Finally, the hair convinces a group of hairs to all skin their tails, making it impossible for the elephant to identify her. The elephant leaves empty-handed, vowing never to help a hair again.
The Elephant's Generosity and the Hair's Deception
The story highlights the kindness of the elephants, as they embark on their journey to bring honey as a thoughtful gift to their relatives. However, the hair takes advantage of their generosity and steals the honey for herself. The hair's cleverness and trickery are showcased as she fills the empty honey sacks with stones to hide her theft. The comedic element arises from the hair's ability to divert the elephant's pursuit through her manipulation of other characters, including the farmers, women, and antelopes, who mistakenly believe the elephant is chasing them. The story concludes with a twist as the hair convinces a group of hairs to skin their tails, making it impossible for the elephant to identify her.
The Elephant Learns a Lesson
The elephant's pursuit of the hair represents the consequences of her actions and the value of trust. Despite the hair's deception, the elephant initially contemplates violence as a response but ultimately decides against it, showing a lesson in non-violence. The story ends with the elephant returning home empty-handed and disappointed, realizing the futility of helping a hair. This tale teaches the importance of discernment, recognizing deception, and the impact it can have on relationships and generosity.
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An elephant is travelling to meet his family, bringing delicious honey as a gift. He stops to give a hare a ride over the river, but the hare smells the honey and can't resist just having a taste...
Today's story is The Elephant and the Hare. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/ElephantL3 for the full transcript. This is a levelled-up version of an beginner-level story. You can listen to the original version of The Elephant and the Hare at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Elephant.
