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Each man describes a different body part—trunk, tusk, ear, side, leg, and tail—then argues fiercely because only partial experiences shape their conclusions. A Rajah guides them to understand that truth requires combining all observations, sharing knowledge, and staying humble when disagreements arise.","Literacy International: The Six Blind Men and the Elephant  \nCopyright © 2019 Literacy International [info@LiteracyInternational.net](info@LiteracyInternational.net)  \nEnglish Traditional Story  \nLiteracy International: The Six Blind Men and the Elephant  \nCopyright © 2019 Literacy International [info@LiteracyInternational.net](info@LiteracyInternational.net)  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2019, Literacy International  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nOnce there were six blind men. They all lived in a village in India. The other people of the village were kind to them. They didn’t want anyone to hurt the blind men.  \nA ruler lived in a larger town nearby. He was called a Rajah. This Rajah was rich, and very powerful. He lived in a very big house called a palace. On his land there were several elephants.  \nThe blind men heard people talking about these elephants. Some said that they were strong. They could carry huge burdens. They were used to clear forests and to build roads. But they could also be dangerous. They scared people with very loud noises. The noises sounded like a trumpet.  \nOther people said that the Rajah’s daughter sat on an elephant and rode from one town to another. She arrived safely. Nothing bad happened to her.“If she could do that,” one of the blind men said,“the elephant must be gentle. It is not dangerous at all.”  \nWhat was an elephant really like? The blind men wanted to find out.“We have never met an elephant,”they said.“But we cannot see. We will have to find out just by touching one.”  \nSome of their friends spoke to the Rajah. They asked him if the blind men could come to his palace to touch one of the elephants. The Rajah agreed.  \nA young boy went along to help them. One blind man put his hand on the boy’s shoulder. The second blind man put his hand on the shoulder of the first. And so each one touched the shoulder of the one in front of him, and the boy led them to the Rajah’s palace.  \nWhen they got there, the Rajah received them politely. He told the boy the way to one of the elephants. The boy led them there.  \nThe six men gathered next to the elephant. Each one held out his hand to touch the animal. The first blind man touched the elephant’s trunk.“This animal is like a thick snake,” he said.  \nThe second man felt the elephant’s tusk.“No, it is not  \na snake,” he announced.“It is hard and sharp like a”  \nspear.  \nThe third man reached up higher and touched the elephant’s ear. He said,“You are both wrong. It is not a snake and it is not a spear. It is shaped like a fan. And it moves back and forth like a fan.”  \nThe next man touched the elephant’s side.“The elephant is big and flat,” he said.“It is not sharp at all. It is like a wall.”  \nThe fifth blind man felt one of the elephant’s legs.“This animal is like a tree trunk,” he decided.“It is a thick, heavy tree trunk.”  \nThe last man felt the elephant’s tail.“You are all wrong. It is like a rope, with a brush on the end of it,”he said.  \nThe men started shouting. Each one thought he was right and all the others were wrong. They got very angry. They were even hitting each other.  \nThen the Rajah came and spoke to them. He spoke in a soft, kind voice.“How can you be sure you are right?”he asked.“Each man touched only one part of the animal. Put all the parts together. Then you will have the truth. Only by sharing what each of you knows can you understand it all.”  \n“He is right,” said the first blind man. To learn the truth we must put all the parts together. Let us talk about it as we walk home.”  \nAll six men were blind. None of them could see the whole animal. 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