once upon a time there was an elephant
that had a striking golden tusk
this elephant lived near a pond
there was a house near this pond
where a poor woman lived with her two daughters
these folks were really poor and were leading a tough life
the elephant found that the poor mother was really suffering to bring up her daughter's
if I give them a little bit of my task the mother can sell it
she and her daughters can love and comfort with the money raised from it
after thinking so their elephant went to the poor woman's house
on seeing the elephant inside the house the woman was scared
why have you come here we have nothing to offer you get away from here
I have not come to take anything but I have something to offer you
I know your condition
I will give a bit of my golden tusk
so that you can sell it with the money raised through it you can live in comfort
the elephant broke its task and gave a part to the woman
thank you dear elephant how sweet you are to give this tusk to me
both the mother and the daughter were very happy
they sold the tusk and started living a royal life
soon they had spent all the money
they went to the elephant again
dear elephant we need someone of your tusk
so that we need not borrowed money from anymore
why don't you give us a little more this time please
the elephant broke a part of the task and gave it to the woman
this became a regular feature
and from time to time the elephant came back and gave pieces of his tusk
like this the mother and her daughters
were leading their life happily by selling the tusks
it fetched them enough money for a life of comfort
but finally the mother became greedy and wanted to get all of the tusk
one day she said to her daughters
now we will not trust this elephant anymore
for one he may go away and never come back
if this happens we will be poor again
we will take all of his tusks the next time he comes here
mother this will hurt the elephant we should not cause any pain to him
but the mother was determined to have her way
the next time the elephant came along
when the elephant came along the mother taught him and tried to extract his tusk
the elephant gave a huge cry and pushed the lady down
Greedy lady I wanted to help you but you want to kill me instead
whenever you wished I used to give part of my tusk to you
but you have no gratitude
I am going away from this place and will never come back
the mother felt sorry and apologised for the mistake committed by her
I am sorry dear elephant please forgive me
never be greedy I will not come back here anymore
moral: Greed causes great harm