title: The Elephant's Tale (Legend of the Animal Healer)
author:  Lauren St. John 
description: Lauren St. John lives in London, England. A well-respected biographer and sports journalist, she grew up in Zimbabwe, Africa, where she had a pet giraffe, as well as numerous dogs, horses, and warthogs. This setting inspired <i>The White Giraffe</i> as well as her recent memoir, <i>Rainbow&rsquo;s End.</i>
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  # An Elephant's Track and Other Stories
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
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  I ALONG JIM-NED CREEK
  
  
  AN ELEPHANT'S TRACK
  
  
  A SNIPE-HUNT A STORY OF JIM-NED CREEK
  
  
  THE GROVELLING OF JINNY TRIMBLE
  
  
  II FLYING THREADS
  
  
  THE SONG OF THE OPAL
  
  
  AT LA GLORIEUSE
  
  
  THE SOUL OF ROSE DÉDÉ
  
  
  A MIRACLE
  
  
  AT THE CORNER OF ABSINTHE AND ANISETTE
  
  
  THE CLOVEN HEART
  
  
  III FROM THE QUARTER
  
  
  A HEART-LEAF FROM STONY CREEK BOTTOM
  
  
  A BAMBOULA
  
  
  MR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GISH'S BALL
  
  
  “THE CENTRE FIGGER”
  
  
  THE “ZARK”
  
  
  THE LOVE-STRANCHE
  
  
  
  
  
  TO
  
  
    
  The Memory
  
  
    
  OF
  
  
    
  MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
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  _Of the stories embraced in the following collection, the two
  
  
  entitled “A Heart Leaf from Stony Creek Bottom” and “At the Corner of
  
  
  Absinthe and Anisette,” appeared respectively in “The Atlantic Monthly"
  
  
  and “Romance.” By the courtesy of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Company
  
  