The people in the village were upset because the elephant was
destroying their crops and was causing a lot of havoc and noise.
And so they decided they wanted to get rid of the elephant.
But the they sent people out to the forest, and
the elephant was very clever, and was able to avoid them.
But they knew the tortoise, being a
cunning person, if anybody could capture the
elephant, the tortoise could.
So the villagers dug a big pit and then they
sent the tortoise out to lure the elephant into the town.
So what the tortoise did was to go with a basket of fried bean cakes and a drum.
And made a lot of noise and singing and said, the people in
the village want to make you, Mr. elephant, the king of the village.
And the elephant was astonished and he said, oh, I'm, I'm so happy.
And he then started giving the elephant these fried bean cakes
and singing the elephant's praises and marching back into the village.
And by the time the elephant got close to
the village, the people jumped out from the bush.
He was frightened and fell into the pit.
It doesn't do good for conservation, but at least it is a
way of giving stories about how we can develop trust, or not trust.
If we're talking about health workers, health
workers shouldn't trick the patients, et cetera.
But these kinds of stories exist, and we need
to find them out and take advantage of them.
This is why again, it's important to have training
committees because if you involve the trainees and local community
members in the process, they can think of these
things and include them as part of the training materials.