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5EK-DANT THE ANCIENT, SPEAKS HIS MIND
His patience is as big as his frame, for his studied silence, do not blame
The elephant will not on speech assay unless it some purpose convey
(Athena continues from where she left off the earlier day) “On the seventh night, Ek-dant, the elephant, finally decided to break his silence and speak aloud. He had remained silent till then content with listening intently to the outpourings from every animal gathered that seemed endless. He had stood there in silence, though not less agitated and concerned than others swishing his tail and shaking his head rhythmically left and right. Then, having listened to the unflagging emotional outbursts so rare and unanimous that had lasted the entire week, he decided that it was time ripe to talk. The thoughts of
