The Old Elephant's Tale of Vengeance

Author: Shen Shixi
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Elephants are a gregarious animal; being expelled from the herd means being helpless, lonely, and wandering aimlessly. Elephants possess a unique ability, unknown to other creatures including humans, to accurately predict their own death. Many elderly elephants bid farewell to the herd with tears in their eyes just one or two days before their passing, traveling over mountains and rivers to reach the distant and mysterious elephant burial grounds. Revenge and gratitude are two poles that cannot coexist in water and fire, yet the old elephant Nuowa accomplishes them in the same space in a sequential manner. When Zaya urinated along the patch of wild taro, Maowen felt a spasm in her heart, a premonition of impending disaster.