He only celebrates the secret elephant dance, and returns to his captors to live a life that is safe, but isn't free. So even though Kala Nag can slip his bonds without being noticed in the middle of the night, he knows better than to escape. He understands how they communicate with each other, and he is not afraid of them, though he is so much tinier than they are. Kala Nag has submitted to this kind of treatment, and even though Kala Nag could easily squish the Toomais Little and Big, and stomp a few others along the way, what would that get him? Hunted and killed, that's what. Little Toomai spends all of his time interacting with elephants, and while the men in his village think they know how elephants operate, Little Toomai has a special connection with them. Little Toomais story can be summed up easily: Boy shows skill, boy gets noticed by adults, boy loves his elephant, elephant lets boy see secret elephant ritual, boy is made hero. He's basically an indentured servant sans dentures (they file his teeth down), and he's served the Indian Government for forty-seven years. Little Toomais chapter might be called 'Toomai of the Elephants,' but the elephants are arguably more important than Little Toomai is. The noble elephant's story is one of freedom and confinement. The end.īut just like the humans do to the elephants in general in the story, this plot neglects Kala Nag's importance. Little Toomai's story can be summed up easily: Boy shows skill, boy gets noticed by adults, boy loves his elephant, elephant lets boy see secret elephant ritual, boy is made hero. Return to the Rudyard Kipling library, or. Add Toomai Of The Elephants to your library. I will revisit my lost loves, and playmates masterless 4. I will forget my ankle-ring and snap my picket-stake. Little Toomai's chapter might be called 'Toomai of the Elephants,' but the elephants are arguably more important than Little Toomai is. I will go out until the day, until the morning break, Out to the winds untainted kiss, the waters clean caress. N° de ref.Little Toomai and Kala Nag (the elephant) A Boy and His Elephant Most of these photographs were taken in India by Mrs F.

This edition has 30 magnificent photographs from the London Film Production 'Elephant Boy'. This story of a young elephant-handler was first published in St Nicholas Magazine (December 1893) and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, The Jungle Book (1894).

The b/w portrait photograph of Sabu opposite the title page is signed by him.

Scarce pictorial DJ has some wear to top edge and spine, and a small loss to the rear top corner, creasing and tearing along the top edge and rear.The book was made into a film in 1937 starring Sabu India's first child actor as Toomai. A little age wear mark of a removed label on fep. Original buff decorative textured buckram boards with black titles and illustrations to spine and upper board.

Toomai of the elephants