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[[File:T2JB503 - illustration.jpg|thumbnail|Illustration by [[John Lockwood Kipling]] (Rudyard's father)]]

'''Toomai of the Elephants''' is a short story by [[Rudyard Kipling]] about a young elephant-handler. It was first published in ''St Nicholas Magazine'' (December 1893) and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, ''[[The Jungle Book]]'' (1894).<ref>{{cite web|title=Toomai of the Elephants|url=http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_toomai1.htm|work=Reader's Guide|publisher=The Kipling Society|access-date=17 March 2013|quote=Notes edited by Alan Underwood and John Radcliffe}}</ref> The character Petersen Sahib is thought to be modelled on [[George P. Sanderson]] (1848–1892).<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.johnradcliffe.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/textfiles/KJ180.txt |author=Tasker, Sir Theodore |title=Petersen sahib |journal=The Kipling Journal |year=1971 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120124213/http://www.johnradcliffe.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/textfiles/KJ180.txt |archive-date=20 November 2007 }}</ref>

The story was filmed in [[1937 in film|1937]] as ''[[Elephant Boy (film)|Elephant Boy]]'' directed by [[Robert J. Flaherty]] and [[Zoltan Korda]] starring [[Sabu Dastagir]]. The story was also produced in 1973 as the TV series ''[[Elephant Boy (TV series)|Elephant Boy]]'' starring Esrom Jayasinghe.

==Plot==
Big Toomai, the boss driver of elephants, takes little pleasure from his work. But his 10-year-old son, Little Toomai, loves the elephants and they understand his kindness. Asking to go on a hunt, his father tells him he can go when he sees the elephants dance, which is something that no man has ever seen an elephant do.

==References==
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*''Toomai of the Elephants''. London: Macmillan and Co., 1937 ("the photographs illustrating this edition are from the London Film Production «Elephant Boy» ... most of these photographs were taken in India by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty.")

== External links ==
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*[http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_toomai1.htm The story] and [http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_toomai_notes.htm notes] on kipling.org.uk
*[http://www.authorama.com/jungle-book-11.html Toomai of the Elephants] — Online eBook format (''[[public domain]]'')

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