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âToomai of the Elephantsâ is a short story included in The Jungle Book, a collection of stories by the English writer Rudyard Kipling.
The narrative centers on a village boy named Toomai who witnesses a legendary event: a herd of elephants gathering to perform a âdanceâ in the jungle. The story was later adapted into the 1937 film Elephant Boy, which starred the Indian-born actor Sabu.1