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Among these animals is an elephant who leads the chorus, a piglet who is full of mud, and a highly indifferent hippopotamus who walks so slow that a snail rapidly passes him. When they arrive in class, the elephant sits in front of a hostile gorilla who uses a washboard to hit and annoy the elephant. In the meantime, the hippopotamus simply ...
Elephants Can Remember is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in 1972. [1] It features her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the recurring character Ariadne Oliver .
The elephant has entered into popular culture through various idiomatic expressions and adages. The phrase "Elephants never forget" refers to the belief that elephants have excellent memories. The variation "Women and elephants never forget an injury" originates from the 1904 book Reginald on Besetting Sins by British writer Saki. [48] [49]
Elephant is a 1989 British short film directed by Alan Clarke and produced by Danny Boyle.The film is set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and its title comes from Bernard MacLaverty's description of the conflict as "the elephant in our living room" — a reference to the collective denial of the underlying social problems of Northern Ireland.
Mila the elephant hasn't seen another elephant in more than 30 years. She meets Mary, the two share a gentle embrace, and hearts everywhere melt. The story of their friendship gets even more touching.
"Melancholy Elephants" is a 1982 science fiction short story by Canadian writer Spider Robinson. The story examines the interaction of copyright and longevity, and the possible effects of the extension of copyright to perpetuity. Its title is a reference to claims that elephants "never forget".
42. Why do elephants drink so much? To try to forget. 43. What’s blue and have big ears? An elephant at the North Pole. 44. Why didn’t the African elephant like playing UNO? There are too many ...
Zenobia (also known as Elephants Never Forget and It's Spring Again) is a 1939 comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit and Hattie McDaniel.