Bound and Gagged by Dana Summers for January 03, 2020

Tusk, tusk.

Ivory that he’s going to steal it.

I wonder what the six blind men of Hindustan, to learning much inclined would have made of this?

https://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net/poetry/blind_men.htm

If you go here, you might enjoy following through to “A number of Islamic versions” that is linked, just for fun. I like the poem better, but the others show the growth of the background story of the poem. This is especially worthwhile if you’re home-schooled and allowed to expand your horizons.

Something tells me that the elephant is going to remember this day for a long, long time.

“This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you…”

The tooth? You can’t handle the tooth!

This is truly wrenching to see…

Just tie a string to a doorknob.

How many zookeepers does it take to pull an elephants tooth?

I think that goes on my list of jobs I don’t want (along with mining, high iron, …)

Awww…look at the poor elephant’s face. :-(

Those must be styrofoam pliers if he can carry ’em like that without falling over backwards. The center of balance for the pliers is WAY back of him.

Aww…poor guy…know the feeling.