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track and while he looked back to see where he was, he Saw that this elephant was furiously running after him. He saw that if he could not find some shelter, be would be instantly killed by the elephant. He looked in other directions and saw this well. He thought--this elephant is sure to kill me, I may perhaps save iny self by jumping into the well. Off he jumps into the well and gets hold of one of the branches of the banian tree which you see in the well. At the bottom he saw that huge boa ready to swallow him; on the four sides of the well at the bottom he saw four snakes hissing at him. The two rats are eating away the trunk of the tree and from the honey-comb at the top of the branch some drops of honey are falling on his lips. Just at this time, . minister of religion (like our respected brother Jones] happens to come there and offers him help to rescue him from the well, but the fellow seems quite Satisfi. ed with his lot while having the sweet taste of honey drops. He does not realize the fact that the whole trunk of the tree will be eaten away by the rats and then he would have no support at all; he would have to fall down to be swallowed by the cobra. This whole drama is represented in this picture." I said to my father, " Well, but what is the meaning of all this drama," he said, "It is all symbolical. This man in the well in this forest is the ordinary wordly man, The elephant that ran after him is death; the well is
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