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Six elephants
were enjoying their bath, almost completely submerged in the water, looking
like small black islands in the middle of the pool. However, one elephant
stood on the edge of the pool, motionless apart from slowly swaying his
trunk from side to side. He had appeared from among the trees, walked to
the edge of the pool and then stopped.
He had stood there for at least ten minutes when an elephant detached itself
from the group disporting themselves in the water and waded over. He coiled
trunks together with the reluctant bather, said gently, "Come in, the
water's lovely!" - and pulled him into the water.