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Indian Elephant

Indian Elephant I know of an Indian elephant that is small for it type, but very sharp. It worked in a circus one day it sat down and lectured the public those who came here to laugh at animals and sad clowns. It spoke of the injustice, why the rich pay no tax to help the poor. The authorities didn't like this, and it was asked if it had a working permit, the circus owner not wanting problems fired the little elephant that was chased out of town by an angry mob that had read bad things about him in the gutter press that in the name of democracy were allowed to print lies. It took up living between two carob trees, and since no one expects to see an elephant here, they didn`t see it. I`m an exile cannot go home to my country up North because there I would live in penury. My best friend was a communist leader has a small pension like mine, we often sit on top of the elephant play cards and he always wins. This I think it is because I`m a drawing room socialist and can easily be swayed to lean right if they give me a bigger pension.

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