THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT


TIME: _a year ago._
PLACE: _India._

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THE DRIVER.
THE SIX BLIND MEN.

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[_The_ SIX BLIND MEN _stand by the roadside, begging. The_ DRIVER _comes
with his elephant._]

BLIND MEN. A penny, sir! A penny!

DRIVER (_throwing pennies_). There, and there, and there! Now out of the
way with you! I must take my elephant by.

FIRST BLIND MAN. I have never seen an elephant, sir.

OTHER BLIND MEN. Nor I! Nor I!

DRIVER. Do you know what he is like?

BLIND MEN. No, sir! No, sir!

DRIVER. Would you like to touch him?