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  • The First Approached The Elephant, And Examined ...  PRO

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-The First approached the Elephant, and examined his broad and sturdy side. He said this elephant is very much like a wall.

-The Second, feeling of the tusk, said “So very round and smooth and sharp? To me it is mighty clear this elephant is very much like a spear!"

-The Third approached the elephant and felt of the squirming trunk, he said “the elephant is very like a snake!"

-The Fourth reached out an eager hand, and felt about the knee. He said “the elephant is very like a tree!"

-The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear said: "this elephant is very much like a fan!"

-The Sixth no sooner had begun that he seized on the swinging tail. "I see," he said, "the elephant is very much like a rope!"

And so these blind folk disputed...

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