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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