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ELEPHANT IN TBE DARK Some Hindus have an elephant to show. No one here has ever seen an elephant, They bring it at night to a dark room. One by one, we go in the dark and come out saying how we experience the animal. One of us happens to touch the trunk, “A water-pipe kind of creature.” Another the ear, “a very strong, always moving back and forth, fan-animal.” Another, the leg. “I find it still, like a column on a temple.” Another touches the curved back." A leathery throne.” Another, the cleverest, feels the tusk. “A rounded sword made of porcelain.” He’s proud of his description. Each of us touches one place and understands the whole in that way. The palm and the fingers feeling in the dark are how the senses explore the reality of the elephant. If each of us held a candle there, and if we went in together, we could see it.
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DOROTHY I don't like this forest! It's -- it's dark and creepy! SCARECROW Of course, I don't know, but I think it'll get darker before it gets lighter. DOROTHY Do -- do you suppose we'll meet any wild animals ? TIN MAN We might. DOROTHY Oh -- SCARECROW Animals that -- that eat straw? TIN MAN Some -- but mostly lions, and tigers, and bears. DOROTHY Lions? SCARECROW And tigers? TIN MAN And bears. DOROTHY Oh! Lions and tigers and bears! DOROTHY Oh, my! TIN MAN -- SCARECROW AND DOROTHY Lions and tigers and bears! DOROTHY Oh, my! TIN MAN -- SCARECROW AND DOROTHY Lions and tigers and bears! DOROTHY Oh, my! TIN MAN -- SCARECROW AND DOROTHY Lions and tigers and bears! DOROTHY Oh, my! TIN MAN -- SCARECROW AND DOROTHY Lions and tigers and bears! DOROTHY Oh, my! TIN MAN And bears! DOROTHY What sort of an animal is that? TIN MAN It-it-it-it - it's a huge one! SCARECROW D-d-d-don't be fr-fr-frightened. I - I'll -I'll protect you. Oh, look! Lion on fallen tree -- Dorothy, Scarecrow and Tin Man in on brick road -- lion jumps toward them -- the Lion takes two great leaps -- lands on brick road -- Tin Man and Scarecrow fall at side of road -- Dorothy hides behind tree --Lion growling ---- Scarecrow trembling ---- Dorothy looks out around tree -- Lion sneers -- he stands on his hind legs -- puts up his paws LION Put 'em up! Put 'em ...up! Which one of you first? I'll fight you both together if you want! I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back. I'll fight you standing on one foot. LION I'll fight you with my eyes closed. Oh -- pulling an axe on me, eh? LION Sneaking up on me, eh? Why! TIN MAN Here -- here. Go 'way and let us alone! LION Oh, scared, huh? LION Afraid, huh? LION How long can you stay fresh in that can? (laughs) Come on -- get up and fight, you shivering junk yard! Put your hands up, you lop-sided bag of hay! SCARECROW Now that's getting personal, Lion. TIN MAN Yes -- get up and teach him a lesson. SCARECROW Well -- what's -- wrong with you teaching him? TIN MAN Well -- well --, I hardly know him. LION Well, I'll get you, anyway, Pee-Wee. Toto runs into shrubs -- Lion starts after him -- Dorothy picks up Toto -- Dorothy slaps his hand -- he backs away -- crying -- DOROTHY Shame on you! Lion crying -- LION What -- what did you do that for? I didn't bite him. DOROTHY No, but you tried to. DOROTHY It's bad enough picking on a straw man, but when you go around picking on poor little dogs - LION Well, you didn't have to go and hit me, did you? Is my nose bleeding? DOROTHY Well, of course not. My goodness, what a fuss you're making. Well, naturally, when you go around picking on things weaker than you are -- Why, you're nothing but a great big coward! LION You're right -- I am a coward. LION I haven't any courage at all. I even scare myself. Look at the circles under my eyes. LION I haven't slept in weeks. TIN MAN Why don't you try counting sheep? LION That doesn't do any good -- I'm afraid of 'em. SCARECROW Oh, that's too bad. Don't you think the Wizard could help him, too? DOROTHY I don't see why not. Why don't you come along with us? We're on our way to see the Wizard now. To get him a heart. TIN MAN And him a brain. DOROTHY I'm sure he could give you some courage. LION Well, wouldn't you feel degraded to be seen in the company of a cowardly lion? I would. DOROTHY No, of course not.