The flame tree and other folk-lore stories from Uganda (1900)
Baskerville, Rosetta Gage (Harvey) · London : Sheldon Press ; New york ; Toronto : Macmillan ; Kampala : Uganda Bookshop · leaf 58
46 THE ELEPHANT THAT WANTED TO DANCE " One must begin very young to dance, you elephants can do so many clever things which the other animals cannot do. I don't think it would suit your figure to dance." So the young elephant went sorrowfully home. When the … other hares heard of his visit they laughed very much, for who had ever heard of an elephant dancing ? A week passed and the young elephant invited the hare to his house. He gave him a beautiful dinner and then said :
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