Fly and Elephant

On a hot day, on a beautiful green meadow,
Fly and Elephant met quite by accident.
Elephant laughed because of the size of Fly.
Compared to him, she looked like a molecule.

"Hello, little buzzing Fly! What are you doing here?" -
Elephant asked with a smile.

"Hello, huge immense Elephant! I want to see the world
With your eyes. Will it get smaller if we switch bodies?"




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Elephant thought hard, he also became interested:
"So, I will see the world from the height of your flight?
It's curious! Okay, let's try switching bodies!"

An ordinary miracle happened, and they changed.

"Wow! - exclaimed Elephant - What an unusual view!
But in general I don't like it. Let's change back!"

"I also did not like to look at the world like Fly, -
Fly in the body of Elephant replied arrogantly. -
Because I am not Fly, I am Beaver deceived by Fly!
If you want to be Elephant again, first find Beaver
And make him return me my body.
Or rather, return it to you.
And don't get confused!"

"Don't be afraid, I will not get confused,
Because I am wise Raven, not Elephant.
Elephant deceived me, he was tired of being so big,
He wanted to become wise and compact Raven,
Which needs only few crumbs of food."

"So you was Raven? - former Fly clarified. -
It's important, because birds are dangerous to me."

"Don't worry, before transmigrating into Raven,
I was Cat. Cats don't eat Flies, I guarantee that,
Although we can run after you out of boredom."

"You can run after me? Are you serious?
I'm not Fly, I'm Beaver!" - reminded Elephant.

"Ah, yes! - nodded Fly, who was Elephant,
And earlier Raven, and even earlier Cat. -
Okay, let's go look for your Beaver.
Damn what a complicated thing life is..."



The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.