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  • Find out how a flying elephant changes the life of a poor farmer.
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    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.
    Narration: Hella-Maria Vierus
    Translation: Aditi Das & Hella-Maria Vierus
    Illustration : Emanuele Scanziani
    Music : Ladislav Brozman & Riccardo Carlotta
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