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Imagine the boys' surprise when they found that their new horse was a white elephant! But he was a very nice young elephant, so they decided to train him. Before they could even try though, he gave one flap of his mighty white wings, and flew off into the sun...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Horse Trading | 10/2/1953 | See Source »

Their first venture as a group was to buy a winged white elephant, and their second was to sell it. They bargained with four boys who owned an old but very respected horse called One to Four, because he was owned by four. They told the boys that they would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Horse Trading | 10/2/1953 | See Source »

From Johannesburg, South Africa, Correspondent Alexander Campbell reports that of the 15,000 miles he has flown this year, the strangest trip was from the Gold Coast capital Accra to the Nigerian capital Lagos: "I flew by West African Airways, whose emblem is a flying elephant. The passengers were mostly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 28, 1953 | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

His colors are jewel-bright: a many-headed demon is emerald green; Ganesh, the God of Success, is a pink elephant dancing on a jet black mouse with ruby eyes; sphinxlike maidens are sapphire blue and brick red. When Roy wants to, he can also turn out quick line drawings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Brightness from Bengal | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

Clothes for Canvas. India's more Westernized artists refer to Roy's work as "mere folk art." Roy does not care. "Don't think I'll change my style," he says. Artist Roy, trained at Calcutta's Government School of Art, spent 15 years as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Brightness from Bengal | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

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