It all started with an elephant. Not a magical elephant like the ones in your typical fairytale, just an elephant. An ordinary elephant on a journey to find water. The year is 2010. The place is Togo, Africa. There has been a severe drought, causing all of the elephants in Africa to die off, except for one. And that elephant, was Tnahpele. Tnahpele eventually found a small pond to drink from and was greatly satisfied. In another story, a few village men were wandering around the deserts of Togo, starving and desperate. To their surprise, they found an elephant, and that elephant just happened to be Tnahpele. They knew that Tnahpele was the last elephant in all of Africa, but they were desperate. Desperate times called for desperate measures. As they moved in, closing in on their prey, the man with the spear, Soardzmin III began to question their morality. Should they kill the last elephant in all of Africa just to stay alive for a few more days? After all, it is inevitable that they will die in the desert unless they find civilization. Soardzmin decided to just continue on, as he thought about his family that he has at home, his wife, his 4 daughters, and his 3 sons. He knew he needed to press on if he ever wanted to see his family again. The three village men moved in for the kill and executed Tnahpele. They used what little energy they had to attack Tnahpele. They were all satisfied with the killing of Tnahpele, all but Soardzmin III. Soardzmin III was very uncomfortable with the process of killing Tnahpele so he pretended to take part in such barbaric acts, but in reality he stood by and watched as the last remaining elephant in all of Africa was slaughtered. Although Soardzmin III's morals prohibited him from taking part in the hideous killing, his fate could not be overcome. Soardzmin III died, crushed by Tnahpele, causing his fellow village men to freeze in horror. Hush fell over the Togolese desert as Soardzmin III died a painful and unexpected death. Back in the village, Soardzmin III's family grew silent, for what reason they did not know, but they all felt the same uneasy feeling in the same instant. Despair fell over the home and it did not lift for years following. Soardzmin III's fellow villagers eventually found their way back home and informed the village of the horrid events that had taken place. Archer (the man with the spear and sword) was the leader of the village and of the three friends. Archer made the decision that no one other than him and the last friend, Speerzmin IV were to attend Soardzmin III's funeral. The funeral was held in front of the new project in the village that was to be attributed to Soardzmin III and his family. The project was to be built into a shrine, honoring Tnahpele as the last elephant who died and took some company with him.
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