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Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)

Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)

By: Mark Twain
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"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into high gear to solve the mystery but it all comes to a tragic end. (Summary by Wikipedia & John Greenman)

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