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Observation Of Elephants
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One day as the sky was as blue as the ocean an airplane would not start. So the very intelligent people at the airport brought in their very trusted and experienced elephant transporter. The elephant’s owner tied a long, frayed tan rope to to airplanes humongous front wheels and the other end around the rough, leather-like skin of the elephants mid-section. As the elephant started to trudge, pulling the elephant forward the airplane’s wheels screeched resistantly. The elephant’s long trunk hung low as it continued to slog along.

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