ELEPHANT BOY
An African Negro Boy
Had been a magician’s apprentice
Had changed himself into an elephant
Instead of changing an elephant into human
While he had been walking,
In the fields and mountains
A huge thorn had pricked his foot
The elephant had felt too much pain
He had asked the lion, the tiger, the eagle
The fox, the wolf, the owl
The rabbit for help
Whoever had seen the elephant had run away.
Mourning and crying
The elephant had returned to his village
His mother, father, uncle
Had escaped from the elephant with childish voice.
But brave Toro
Moro’s friend
Hadn’t known what fear had been
Had pulled the thorn out.
Moro had been an elephant forever
Hadn’t left Toro
Their story had become
Legendary in the world.
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An African Negro Boy
Had been a magician’s apprentice
Had changed himself into an elephant
Instead of changing an elephant into human
While he had been walking,
In the fields and mountains
A huge thorn had pricked his foot
The elephant had felt too much pain
He had asked the lion, the tiger, the eagle
The fox, the wolf, the owl
The rabbit for help
Whoever had seen the elephant had run away.
Mourning and crying
The elephant had returned to his village
His mother, father, uncle
Had escaped from the elephant with childish voice.
But brave Toro
Moro’s friend
Hadn’t known what fear had been
Had pulled the thorn out.
Moro had been an elephant forever
Hadn’t left Toro
Their story had become
Legendary in the world.
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