# When the Elephants Dance

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- Book: [When the Elephants Dance](https://www.bookquiver.com/tess-uriza-holthe/when-the-elephants-dance) ([When the Elephants Dance.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tess-uriza-holthe/when-the-elephants-dance.md))
- Authors: [Tess Uriza Holthe](https://www.bookquiver.com/tess-uriza-holthe)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4200-288-9
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2003-06-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“Papa explains the war like this: ‘When the elephants dance, the chickens must be careful.’ The great beasts, as they circle one another, shaking the trees and trumpeting loudly, are...