Story 53 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
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Many years ago, I attended a performance of Aida. This was
a full production and the director wanted to impress. In the
opening scene, he featured a live elephant. The audience seemed
to anticipate the arrival of the elephant more than the two
hours of Verdi that would follow the pachyderm's entrance.
As the curtain parted, there stood the elephant as right as rain,
center stage. The woman seated beside me, unable to contain
herself, shouted,...
narrated by Ian McCrorie
2022
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