THE ELEPHANT GUARD

In a certain country there are a woman and a man; there are a boy and

a girl of those two. During the time when these four were [there],

they heard the notification tom-tom at another city. Then the man said,

"I am going to look what this notification tom-tom is that we hear."

After the man went to the city the King said, "Canst thou guard

my elephants?"

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