There, and there, and there! Now out of the
way with you! I must take my elephant by.
FIRST BLIND MAN. I have never seen an elephant, sir.
OTHER BLIND MEN. Nor I! Nor I!
DRIVER. Do you know what he is like?
BLIND MEN. No, sir! No, sir!
DRIVER. Would you like to touch him?
BLIND MEN. Yes! Yes!
DRIVER. Come, then, and stand by him.
FIRST BLIND MAN (_placing hand on elephant's side_). Well, well! Now I
know all about him! He is exactly like a wall!
SECOND BLIND MAN (_feeling the tusk_). He is not like a wall! He is
round and smooth and sharp. He is like a spear.
THIRD BLIND MAN (_feeling the trunk_). Both of you are wrong. He is like
a snake.
FOURTH BLIND MAN (_feeling a leg_). Oh, how blind you are! He is round
and tall like a tree!
FIFTH BLIND MAN (_feeling an ear_). Why, he is exactly like a great fan!
SIXTH BLIND MAN (_feeling the tail_). This elephant is not like a wall,
or a spear, or a snake, or a tree, or a fan. He is exactly like a rope.
DRIVER. Ha, ha, ha!
[_He goes, driving elephant and laughing._]
FIRST BLIND MAN. Ha, ha, ha! Hear how he laughs at you!
SECOND BLIND MAN. He laughs at you and the others.
THIRD BLIND MAN. He does not laugh at me!
FOURTH BLIND MAN. I say he laughs at you and the others.
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