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The Pink Elephant
There once was a great hunter. He had hunted almost every creature alive on this planet. He had hunted lions, tigers, bears, and walruses and had them mounted on his wall. The only creature he had never captured was a Pink Elephant. He even had killed a great Blue Elephant, but that was nothing amazing because anybody--but anybody--can catch a Blue Elephant.

So he started to research how to catch a pink elephant. So he went to the library and grabbed volume E of the encyclopedia. He read,

"The pink elephant of the deepest, darkest Africa is attracted to pink cakes."

So he got out his cake batter and made a pink cake with pink filling and pink frosting. He baked it until it was just right. Then he packed his gear and got in his car and drove to the train station. He took the train to the airport, and got in a plane. He flew the plane until he reached the coast of Africa.

He chartered a camel caravan with local guides and traveled through the deserts to the jungle. He continued on through the jungle with his local guides until he reached the deepest, darkest part of Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

So there in the deepest, darkest part of deep, dark Africa he placed the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting on the ground and hid behind a tree. And he waited.

After a long time he heard a rumble in the jungle. He heard a roar and whoosh through the trees. Out into the clearing came a miniature pink elephant--no bigger than a cat. It saw the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting sitting on the ground. It started to get angry and trumpeted its little trunk. It ran around the cake getting even angrier then suddenly stomped the cake into pieces and ran into the jungle.

"It was certainly a tiny pink elephant," the hunter thought. So he wondered how to catch a bigger pink elephant. He decided to check the encyclopedia. He packed up his belongings and headed out of the jungle with his local guides. He went out from deepest, darkest Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

He took a camel caravan back to the coast of Africa. He took a plane back to America and got into a train. He took the train back to his home town and got into his car. He drove his car back to the library and grabbed volume E of the encyclopedia. He read,

"The pink elephant of the deepest, darkest Africa is attracted to pink cakes. Larger elephants require the cake to lie upon a pink blanket."

So he got out his cake batter and made a pink cake with pink filling and pink frosting. He baked it until it was just right. He bought a pink blanket with pink ruffles. Then he packed his gear and got in his car and drove to the train station. He took the train to the airport, and got in a plane. He flew the plane until he reached the coast of Africa.

He chartered a camel caravan with local guides and traveled through the deserts to the jungle. He continued on through the jungle with his local guides until he reached the deepest, darkest part of Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

So there in the deepest, darkest part of deep, dark Africa he placed the pink blanket with pink ruffles on the ground. On top of that he placed the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting on the blanket and hid behind a tree. And he waited.

After a long time he heard a rumble in the jungle. He heard a roar and whoosh through the trees. Out into the clearing came a small pink elephant--no bigger than a dog. It saw the pink blanket with the pink ruffles sitting on the ground. It saw the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting sitting on the blanket. It started to get angry and trumpeted its small trunk. It ran around the cake and the blanket getting even angrier then suddenly started stomping the cake into pieces, tore up the blanket, and ran into the jungle.

"It was certainly not a large pink elephant," the hunter thought. So he wondered how to catch a big pink elephant. He decided to check the encyclopedia. He packed up his belongings and headed out of the jungle with his local guides. He went out from deepest, darkest Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

He took a camel caravan back to the coast of Africa. He took a plane back to America and got into a train. He took the train back to his home and got into his car. He drove his car back to the library and grabbed volume E of the encyclopedia. He read,

"The pink elephant of the deepest, darkest Africa is attracted to pink cakes. Larger elephants require the cake to lie upon a pink blanket. The largest pink elephants will only be attracted if there is a pink candle."

So he got out his cake batter and made a pink cake with pink filling and pink frosting. He baked it until it was just right. He bought a pink blanket with pink ruffles. He bought a pink candle with pink stripes and lit it with a pink flame. Then he packed his gear and got in his car and drove to the train station. He took the train to the airport, and got in a plane. He flew the plane until he reached the coast of Africa.

He chartered a camel caravan with local guides and traveled through the deserts to the jungle. He continued on through the jungle with his local guides until he reached the deepest, darkest part of Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

So there in the deepest, darkest part of deep, dark Africa he placed the pink blanket with pink ruffles on the ground. On top of that he placed the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting on the blanket. He placed the pink candle with the pink stripes and the pink flame on the cake and hid behind a tree. And he waited.

After a long time he heard a rumble in the jungle. He heard a roar and whoosh through the trees. He heard trees falling and thunderous booms. Out into the clearing came a pink elephant--large, but not huge. It saw the pink blanket with the pink ruffles sitting on the ground. It saw the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting sitting on the blanket. It saw the pink candle with the pink stripes and the pink flame. It started to get angry and trumpeted its trunk. It stomped deep holes into the ground. It pushed trees over. It ran around the cake with the candle and the blanket getting even angrier then suddenly stomped the cake into pieces, tore up the blanket, extinguished the candle and ran into the jungle.

"It was certainly not a huge pink elephant," the hunter thought. So he wondered how to catch a huge pink elephant. He decided to check the encyclopedia. He packed up his belongings and headed out of the jungle with his local guides. He went out from deepest, darkest Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

He took a camel caravan back to the coast of Africa. He took a plane back to America and got into a train. He took the train back to his home and got into his car. He drove his car back to the library and grabbed volume E of the encyclopedia. He read,

"The pink elephant of the deepest, darkest Africa is attracted to pink cakes. Larger elephants require the cake to lie upon a pink blanket. The largest pink elephants will only be attracted if there is a pink candle. To capture a huge pink elephant surely requires pink balloons and streamers."

So he got out his cake batter and made a pink cake with pink filling and pink frosting. He baked it until it was just right. He bought a pink blanket with pink ruffles. He bought a pink candle with pink stripes and lit it with a pink flame. He bought a package of pink balloons with pink swirls and a package of pink streamers with pink curls. Then he packed his gear and got in his car and drove to the train station. He took the train to the airport, and got in a plane. He flew the plane until he reached the coast of Africa.

He chartered a camel caravan with local guides and traveled through the deserts to the jungle. He continued on through the jungle with his local guides until he reached the deepest, darkest part of Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

So there in the deepest, darkest part of deep, dark Africa he placed the pink blanket with pink ruffles on the ground. On top of that he placed the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting on the blanket. He placed the pink candle with the pink stripes and the pink flame on the cake. He hung the pink streamers with pink curls from the trees and hung the pink balloons with pink swirls from the streamers. Then he hid behind a tree. And he waited.

After a long time he heard a rumble in the jungle. He heard a roar and whoosh through the trees. He saw trees being thrown around like matches and thunderous booms that made him cover his ears. Other animals screamed in fear and ran past the hunter. Out into the clearing came a pink elephant--huge, but not Tremendous. It saw the pink blanket with the pink ruffles sitting on the ground. It saw the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting sitting on the blanket. It saw the pink candle with the pink stripes and the pink flame. It saw the pink balloons with pink swirls and the pink streamers with pink curls. It started to get angry and trumpeted its trunk. It dug up trees with its tusks. It stomped deep holes into the ground. Boulders fell from the mountains. It ran around the cake with the candle and the blanket and the balloons and the streamers getting even angrier then suddenly stomped the cake into pieces, tore up the blanket, extinguished the candle, popped the balloons, ripped the streamers and ran into the jungle.

"It was certainly a huge pink elephant, but if I'm going to do it right, I need to catch a Tremendous pink elephant" the hunter thought. If he was going to catch a pink elephant, he wanted to make sure it was tremendous! He had already killed a great Blue Elephant, but that was nothing amazing because anybody--but anybody--can catch a Blue Elephant. So he wondered how to catch a Tremendous pink elephant. He decided to check the encyclopedia. He packed up his belongings and headed out of the jungle with his local guides. He went out from deepest, darkest Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

He took a camel caravan back to the coast of Africa. He took a plane back to America and got into a train. He took the train back to his home and got into his car. He drove his car back to the library and grabbed volume E of the encyclopedia. He read,

"The pink elephant of the deepest, darkest Africa is attracted to pink cakes. Larger elephants require the cake to lie upon a pink blanket. The largest pink elephants will only be attracted if there is a pink candle. To capture a huge pink elephant surely requires pink balloons and streamers. The only known way to attract a Tremendous pink elephant is to play a Pink Floyd tune on a pink kazoo."

So he got out his cake batter and made a pink cake with pink filling and pink frosting. He baked it until it was just right. He bought a pink blanket with pink ruffles. He bought a pink candle with pink stripes and lit it with a pink flame. He bought a package of pink balloons with pink swirls and a package of pink streamers with pink curls. He bought a pink kazoo with a pink mouthpiece. He bought a Pink Floyd album and practiced playing a tune every day. Then he packed his gear and got in his car and drove to the train station. He took the train to the airport, and got in a plane. He flew the plane until he reached the coast of Africa.

He chartered a camel caravan with local guides and traveled through the deserts to the jungle. He continued on through the jungle with his local guides until he reached the deepest, darkest part of Africa. He went past where the blue elephants live, because anybody--but anybody--can catch a blue elephant. He wanted to catch a pink elephant.

So there in the deepest, darkest part of deep, dark Africa he placed the pink blanket with pink ruffles on the ground. On top of that he placed the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting on the blanket. He placed the pink candle with the pink stripes and the pink flame on the cake. He hung the pink streamers with pink curls from the trees and hangs the pink balloons with pink swirls from the streamers. He started playing a Pink Floyd tune on his pink kazoo with a pink mouthpiece. Then he hid behind a tree. And he waited.

After a long time he heard a rumble in the jungle. He heard a roar and whoosh through the trees. He saw trees being thrown around like matches and thunderous booms that make him cover his ears. Other animals screamed in fear and ran past the hunter but he kept on playing his pink kazoo.

The massive booming of the pink elephant's thunderous hooves was like earthquakes. Out into the clearing came a Truly Tremendous pink elephant. It trumpeted its trunk like a hurricane. The hunter could barely hold still, but he continued to play the pink kazoo.

The Tremendous pink elephant saw the pink blanket with the pink ruffles sitting on the ground. It saw the pink cake with the pink filling and the pink frosting sitting on the blanket. It saw the pink candle with the pink stripes and the pink flame. It saw the pink balloons with pink swirls and the pink streamers with pink curls. It heard the Pink Floyd tune coming from the hunter's pink kazoo with a pink mouthpiece.

It started to get angry and trumpeted its trunk. It dug up trees with its tusks. It stomped deep holes into the ground. Boulders fell from the mountains. Rivers changed course because of the commotion. It ran around the cake with the candle and the blanket and the balloons and the streamers getting even angrier. It saw the hunter and the pink kazoo and got even angrier than any creature should ever be.

Then suddenly just as the elephant couldn't stand it any more; Just as it seemed the perfect shot for the hunter, the Tremendous pink elephant got so angry that ... it turned Blue.

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