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Kayd Dreams of the Elephant
Book D5 · The Iskandar Cycle

Kayd Dreams of the Elephant

From D5.5, Kayd of Hind Has a Dream. It illustrates D5.5.22–25:

  • D5.5.22
    Know that one night, within my chamber deep,I laid my limbs to rest in peaceful sleep.
  • D5.5.23
    A vast house rose; no door appeared in sight,Where stood a giant elephant of might.
  • D5.5.24
    It found a narrow opening in the wall,And passed out safely from the palace hall.
  • D5.5.25
    Its massive bulk went through the straitened space,Yet left its trunk behind within the place.

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