Description
This book is about an old man who has been caring for an elephant for many years and he is finally able to retire. He hires a new assistant who is a young woman and she is able to get him to realize that the elephant also needs to be with other elephants.
Having devotedly cared for a lone elephant at a dilapidated zoo for more than forty years, Samson hopes to be able to retire when he hires promising assistant Neva, who forces Samson to acknowledge that the elephant also needs the company of her own kind. Original. 50,000 first printing.