Jataka Elephant Dog Friends

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A great royal elephant befriends a stray dog, and the two eat and play together inseparably. When the dog is sold away, the elephant pines, refusing food and water, until the king sends for the dog; reunited, the elephant lifts his friend tenderly with his trunk, and both thrive again. Moral: the heart, even the mightiest, withers without its friend. — Jataka tale