So the old Elephant took the White Elephant to the Woodcutters.
But, as he left the forest, he gave one last look at his playmates, the children, as though he was sorry to say goodbye to them.
The Rajah was so very proud of his beautiful White Elephant he had made for him a robe of crimson velvet embroidered in gold. On his back, the White Elephant carried a throne of gold covered by a gorgeous canopy of cloth of gold.
When the Rajah rode out in great processions he always went upon the back of the beautiful White Elephant. All the days of his life the Rajah cared for the White Elephant, and always the White Elephant served his master, the Rajah, gladly and proudly.
THE GRAIN OF CORN
Once upon a time a farmer’s wife was cutting corn in a field when a crow came flying down, swooped off with a bit of the grain and carried it up to a tree to eat it.
The farmer’s wife was very angry and scolded loudly: