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Reading Post: Eastern Stories and Legends, Part D

The Well Trained Elephant
By: Marie L. Shedlock

  • introduces the elephant
  • describes the elephant
  • introduces king
  • king is in charge of elephant
  • the king and elephant interact
  • dialogue from people of the town
  • king gets jealous
  • describes his emotions
  • elephant is sent on a journey 
  • elephant has to prove himself
  • dialogue between the king and elephant trainer
  • the king becomes frustrated
  • king requests something impossible
  • man speaks to elephant
  • supernatural events
  • elephant leaves the king
  • people in the city chime in
  • the king became a good person

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