Google Search Tech Tip

For this tech tip, I decided to search in the Africa section of Sacred Texts for the word "elephant" because I was curious about what would pop up. I ended up finding a pretty cute and interesting about an elephant and a tortoise.

Elephant and Tortoise

It is actually a pretty gruesome story about a selfish elephant. The Elephant got into a fight with the Rain and so the Rain left, causing the elephant to have to find water elsewhere. A Crow was able to provide the Elephant with a lagoon, to which the Elephant left a little Tortoise in the lagoon to watch it for him while he hunter. While the Elephant was gone several animals came to the lagoon asking to drink the water but the Tortoise told them it belonged to the Elephant, but the animals drank the water anyway. Finally the Elephant returned to find that his water was all gone so he ate the Tortoise. "After Elephant had swallowed Little Tortoise, and he had entered his body, he tore off his liver, heart, and kidneys," essentially killing the Elephant. Now the Tortoise could go wherever he wanted.

Desert Tortoise (Source)