It is a story about wanting different things but thinking they were the same thing. It is a child story that has a simple message. It is a story about and elephant who is beguiled by the birds sparkle and their promise. Read this story as a child who loves an elephant himself is in love with birds. The birds show him a paradise. However the elephant has his mind made up on what the birds cannot deliver: water. For adults this is a story about choice and the realisation that water is very different from what the birds want. You can view the books online by clicking the button below.