Six Blind Men and an Elephant
A long time ago, in the valley of the Brahmaputra River in India, there lived six men who loved to boast about their wit and their learning. Though they were no longer young, and though all six had been blind since birth, they would compete with one another to see who could tell the tallest story. Every evening, when the sun was setting behind the palms and the air was full of wood smoke and spices, one of the old men would begin a new tale. ...