I feel bloated; I am becoming fat and grey…I look down at my heavy
feet and find no toes. Instead, I see
four huge poles with thick curvy hard skin folds and realize I am becoming an
elephant, huge and tall. My tummy is fat and I feel hungry and thirsty. I try
to find something to eat; I look around and spot a grassy area with lush trees
and the promise of a river or a stream and I heavily move towards it. I am followed by four younger elephants who
lovingly cluster around me. They shout and play as we go and their movements
arises a huge cloud of dust. The
youngest Dumbo tips over a stone as it follows its brothers and sisters and tumbles
and falls down. I raise my voice to yell at the other elephants to take care of
the younger elephant and I come up with a big deafening sound that is not my
voice. I raise my hands to press my ears
and I realize all I have is a long, round elastic trunk that serves as a nose
too. My ears respond to the sudden urge to be covered. Miraculously, they grow
bigger and wider; they feel like huge rubber plates dangling around my head and
the noise does not bother me anymore.
The young elephants playfully move around me; they race to the stream;
the sounds of their stamping feet and their happy cries make me happy. We reach our destination and they start to
munch on tall green grass. I precede to the stream to drink and I can see my
huge head and tender eyes with tall eyelashes. I throw my trunk into the water and drink till
I am full. I fill it with water and explore the possibility of spraying water
all around. Soon my kids join and we are all wet and happy. I love my new self
and adore my lovely kids; I wake up to
find the Bollywood movie still playing
and my four kids laughing their hearts out as
the movie we were watching comes to
an end, just like my dream.
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