with the Elephant. The Dog went away three days ago."

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"Do you know where the Dog is now?" asked the chief servant.

"No, I do not," said the keeper.

Then the chief servant went back to the king and said, "The Elephant
is not sick, but he is lonely without his friend, the Dog."

"Where is the Dog?" asked the king.

"A farmer took him away, so the Elephant-keeper says," said the chief
servant. "No one knows where the farmer lives."

"Very well," said the king. "I will send word all over the country,
asking the man who bought this Dog to turn him loose. I will give him
back as much as he paid for the Dog."

When the farmer who had bought the Dog heard this, he turned him
loose. The Dog ran back as fast as ever he could go to the Elephant's
stable. The Elephant was so glad to see the Dog that he picked him up
with his trunk and put him on his head. Then he put him down again.

When the Elephant-keeper brought food, the Elephant watched the Dog as
he ate, and then took his own food.

All the rest of their lives the Elephant and the Dog lived together.