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. Little Toomai manages to actually witness this 'dance of the elephants' and is marked as the one to become a great elephant driver. We listeners get to hear what the elephants are thinking, giving an entire new perspective on the work they do and also on the fact that they are far from their homes and elephant families. Kipling, the master story teller, weaves a wonderful tale of duty, danger and ultimately great growth for little Toomai.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling, född 30 december 1865 i Bombay i Maharashtra, död 18 januari 1936 på Middlesex Hospital i London,[1] var en brittisk författare och poet, mest känd för sina skildringar av britternas kolonialvälde i Indien och sina berättelser för barn, särskilt boken Djungelboken. 1907 fick han Nobelpriset i litteratur som den förste brittiske pristagaren.
