Object: A chain or a rope with a stake tied to one end

Good morning, boys and girls. A little boy once noticed an enormous elephant tied to a tiny stake in the ground. He asked the elephant's trainer if the elephant could pull the stake up and get away. The trainer replied, "Yes he could." But then the trainer added, "But he never will.

"You see, when he was just a baby elephant, we had to tie him up with a heavy chain. The chain was fastened to a six-foot pillar of steel and concrete buried in the ground. Even though he kept trying to break away h…