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    Six blind men encounter an elephant and each touches a different part of the animal. The first touches the side and thinks the elephant is like a wall. The second touches a tusk and thinks it's like a spear. The third touches the trunk and thinks it's like a snake. The fourth touches a leg and thinks it's like a tree. The fifth touches an ear and thinks it's like a fan. The sixth touches the tail and thinks it's like a rope. They argue over what the elephant is really like because each only experienced one part. A man watching tells them they are not seeing the whole animal. The story is meant to show that people understand reality differently based on their own experiences and perspectives.

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    Six blind men encounter an elephant and each touches a different part of the animal. The first touches the side and thinks the elephant is like a wall. The second touches a tusk and thinks it's like a spear. The third touches the trunk and thinks it's like a snake. The fourth touches a leg and thinks it's like a tree. The fifth touches an ear and thinks it's like a fan. The sixth touches the tail and thinks it's like a rope. They argue over what the elephant is really like because each only experienced one part. A man watching tells them they are not seeing the whole animal. The story is meant to show that people understand reality differently based on their own experiences and perspectives.

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    Six blind men encounter an elephant and each touches a different part of the animal. The first touches the side and thinks the elephant is like a wall. The second touches a tusk and thinks it's like a spear. The third touches the trunk and thinks it's like a snake. The fourth touches a leg and thinks it's like a tree. The fifth touches an ear and thinks it's like a fan. The sixth touches the tail and thinks it's like a rope. They argue over what the elephant is really like because each only experienced one part. A man watching tells them they are not seeing the whole animal. The story is meant to show that people understand reality differently based on their own experiences and perspectives.

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    Elephant - 6 Blind Men

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    Olivia-A. Tudoran (Cretu)
    Six blind men encounter an elephant and each touches a different part of the animal. The first touches the side and thinks the elephant is like a wall. The second touches a tusk and thinks it's like a spear. The third touches the trunk and thinks it's like a snake. The fourth touches a leg and thinks it's like a tree. The fifth touches an ear and thinks it's like a fan. The sixth touches the tail and thinks it's like a rope. They argue over what the elephant is really like because each only experienced one part. A man watching tells them they are not seeing the whole animal. The story is meant to show that people understand reality differently based on their own experiences and perspectives.

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    The Story of the Elephant

    Teacher: Olivia Alexandra TUDORAN


    Henri Coanda Technical College, Timisoara

    The Story of the Elephant


    Once upon a time there were six blind men. They
    lived in a town in India. They thought they were very
    clever.

    One day an elephant came into the town. The blind


    men did not know what an elephant looked like but they
    could smell it and they could hear it.
    What is this animal like? they said.

    Each man touched a different part of the elephant.

    The first man touched the elephants


    body. It felt hard, big and wide.
    He said

    An elephant is like a wall.

    The second man touched one of the


    elephants tusks. It felt smooth and hard and sharp.
    He said
    An elephant is like a spear.

    The third man touched the


    elephants trunk. It felt long and thin and wiggly.
    He said

    An elephant is like a snake.

    The fourth man touched on of the legs.


    It felt thick and rough and hard and round.
    He said

    ...An elephant is like a tree.

    The fifth man touched one of the elephants


    ears. It felt thin and it moved.
    He said
    An elephant is like a fan.

    The sixth man touched the elephants


    tail. It felt long and thin and strong.
    He said
    An elephant is like a rope.

    The men argued.


    Its like a wall!
    No, it isnt! Its like a spear!
    No it isnt! Its like a snake!

    They did not agree. A man had been watching and listening
    to the blind men.

    You are not very clever. You only touched part of the
    elephant. You did not feel the whole animal. An elephant is not like
    a wall, or a spear, or a snake, or a tree, or a fan, or a rope.

    all people are like the blind men because different people understand the world in different
    ways according to where they are coming from.
    but no one knows for sure
    what the elephant (reality)
    REALLY looks like.

    Like the blind men we keep trying


    to convince each other that our stories
    are right that what we think or
    experience is what everyone else should
    think and experience.

    The End!

    T
    h
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    It was six men of Indostan


    To learning much inclined,
    Who went to see the Elephant
    (Though all of them were blind),
    That each by observation
    Might satisfy his mind.

    The First approach'd the Elephant,


    And happening to fall
    Against his broad and sturdy side,
    At once began to bawl:
    "God bless me! but the Elephant
    Is very like a wall!"
    The Second, feeling of the tusk,
    Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
    So very round and smooth and sharp?
    To me 'tis mighty clear
    This wonder of an Elephant
    Is very like a spear!"
    The Third approached the animal,
    And happening to take
    The squirming trunk within his hands,
    Thus boldly up and spoke:
    "I see," quote he, "the Elephant
    Is very like a snake!"

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    t
    h
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    The Fourth reached out his eager hand,


    And felt about the knee.
    "What most this wondrous beast is like
    Is mighty plain," quoth he,
    "'Tis clear enough the Elephant
    Is very like a tree!"
    The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
    Said: "E'en the blindest man
    Can tell what this resembles most;
    Deny the fact who can,
    This marvel of an Elephant
    Is very like a fan!"

    b
    y

    The Sixth no sooner had begun


    About the beast to grope,
    Then, seizing on the swinging tail
    That fell within his scope,
    "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
    Is very like a rope!"

    J
    o
    h
    n

    And so these men of Indostan


    Disputed loud and long,
    Each in his own opinion
    Exceeding stiff and strong,
    Though each was partly in the right,
    And all were in the wrong!
    MORAL.
    So oft in theologic wars,
    The disputants, I ween,
    Rail on in utter ignorance
    Of what each other mean,
    And prate about an Elephant
    Not one of them has seen!

    G
    o
    d
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    r
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