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1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling
Illustration by
John Lockwood Kipling
(Rudyard's father)
"Toomai of the Elephants"
is a short story by
Rudyard Kipling
about a young elephant-handler. It was first published in the December 1893 issue of
St. Nicholas
magazine and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories,
The Jungle Book
(1894).
[1]
The character Petersen Sahib is thought to be modelled on India-born English naturalist
George P. Sanderson
(1848?1892).
[2]
The story was filmed in
1937
as
Elephant Boy
directed by
Robert Flaherty
and
Zoltan Korda
, starring
Sabu
. The story was also produced in 1973 as the TV series
Elephant Boy
starring Esrom Jayasinghe.
Plot
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Big Toomai, the boss driver of elephants, takes little pleasure from his work, but his 10-year-old son, Little Toomai, loves the elephants and they understand his kindness. Asking to go on a hunt, his father tells him he can go when he sees the elephants dance, which is something that no man has ever seen an elephant do but later he will.
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Sources
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- Toomai of the Elephants
. London: Macmillan and Co., 1937 ("the photographs illustrating this edition are from the London Film Production
Elephant Boy
... most of these photographs were taken in India by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty")
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