BoomerSooner359: Week 12 Reading Diary: The Kings White Elephant

As I was reading this story, I was expecting some kind of plot twist to happen or change the attitude of the elephant. The story goes that the elephant was walking in the forest and limped up the the workers on three legs. The elephant lifted his hurt leg to the workers and they pulled a large splinter from the injured limb. They cleaned it and it healed quickly because of their actions. The elephant was so grateful that he decided to use all his strength to help the workers. He would pull up trees with his trunk, or he would roll the logs down to the river for them. The elephant had a son that was white all over and they called it the white elephant. The white elephant was taught by his dad that the workers took care of him in his time of need and that they should lend them their strength. The dad elephant grew too old to work and the white elephant took over as the helper to the workers. One day while the white elephant was playing in the river with the kids, a king came by and saw what work the white elephant was capable of. The king bargained with the workers and offered them a hefty sum to take the white elephant to his kingdom to work for him. The white elephant looked back as he saw the kids he grew up playing with and went on to serve the king as he had served the workers of the forest. I thought it was quite interesting to see that the story went so smoothly. Even when the king took the white elephant, it was implied that the elephant would miss his friends but he still went on to serve the king with no resistance. I also wondered what happened to the white elephant's dad. Overall it was a nice story that didn't have a crazy ending!