வாங்க
அன்புள்ள ஜெ,
Dear J,
Elephant Doctor is a story about Dr K the ‘Elephant Doctor’ written by you as a tribute for him. Recently I read your story sir and I am writing this to show you how I feel about the story Elephant Doctor.
In the story he tells many ideas. The ideas which I liked were like the time when he told the narrator that the worms are just babies of the bees he saw in the forest. Nobody would be disgusted by a baby. It showed the connection between him and the insects and animals.
He shared ideas like when he said to understand the forest we must leave all our pleasures, fame, wealth behind. That showed that how attached he was to the forest like it was his family. He was a jolly man and did not bore anyone during conversations he was open and socially active. One could talk to him about anything.
People like him are rare these days, many people tend not to be social these days they are drowned in their own problems.
He was a kind man and did not fear animals but helped them. He did not work for fame, money or awards only but to help animals. I got the idea that if you love animals they will love you back. I found it fascinating when I found out Dr K was an animal too. Because he saw animals as him that is what made him different from others.
He saw the forest differently when others saw it as a forest, he saw it as a magnificent place. One aspect of the story was that he was the forest in a living form. When a forest cares about its animals he cared for it like that too.
Another aspect was when Dr K told that when we make elephants do acts to get money, it was like throwing the whole Sangam literature into fire. He showed that expression because in the Sangam literature the elephant was treated as a mighty and a godly animal. They have also played a major role in Indian mythology. There were references of Indra’s elephant Airavat. I could say this because I went to Akshardham temple in Delhi where there were many stories carved on the stones. Also I read Amar Chitra Katha ‘Gods and Goddesses’ where there were many godly references of Elephants.
Lastly, the moment which gave me goosebumps was the last scene where after helping the baby elephant a herd of elephants appear. They trumpet in unison again ‘n’ again. That gave me a feel of i do not know but heavenly drums beating, thunders coming. The narrator stood shivering. The fact is me too stood shivering with no words to say. I cannot express this scene in words but only in feeling. For a moment, I did not see Dr K as him but some one else. I felt like falling in his feet. This time I really moved to tears. Unable to speak, with heart beating fast.
Written by,
Your amicable boy,
Vishwa
