The Fable of the Elephant

The short story involves a retelling of an ancient Jewish parable from medieval European times. Ironically the re-telling of the story takes place in a historical building called 'The Elephant Trading Store' and the trigger that led to the actual re-telling of the Jewish Parable was the discovery of an old newspaper report in the bottom of one of the drawers in the store. The newspaper story was about the actual 'murder' of the biggest African elephant that ever lived. The fable is about the capture and taming of an Elephant and the key to the unlocking of the meaning of the fable turns out to be the Torah, the Talmud and the destruction of the second Temple. The retelling of the ancient fable also results in the inadvertent unveiling of another secret, a family secret, which turns out to be an unexpected, dramatic and spell-binding disclosure for everyone present in the shop.