He said: "The Elephant followed him everywhere, always six to eight feet behind him. Of course, the two of them together made quite a specticle, especially inside of elevators or on the subway. He couldn't remember why, exactly, it came about that his closest friend would be a white elephant, but there was no getting away from the fact that the elephant was not a temporary piece of unpleasant luggage but a kind of soul mate.. He and the elephant were one now. Where one went, the other had to follow. It became like an a so-so marriage, you know the kind, where neither party gets along too very well with the other. But, they make accommodations and it seems to all work out somehow. See? There are many things that are odd or strange, or unique that somehow, over time, work themselves out somehow and everyone just soldiers on. We abide, don't we?"

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