The Stolen White Elephant (Level 3) with Audio CD

Type

Book

Authors

Mark Twain

ISBN 10

3852720028

ISBN 13

9783852720029

Tags

Classics, Words, Language & Grammar, English as a Second Language, Humanities

Description

The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway acquaintance. He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted the unmistakable stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his lips. He said: You know in what reverence the royal white elephant of Siam is held by the people of that country. You know it is sacred to kings, only kings may possess it, and that it is, indeed, in a measure even superior to kings, since it receives not merely honor but worship. Very well; five years ago, when the troubles concerning the frontier line arose between Great Britain and Siam, it was presently manifest that Siam had been in the wrong. - from Amzon

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