Porus Saved By His Elephant


King Porus, in a battle with Alexander the Great, being severely wounded,

fell from the back of his elephant. The Macedonian soldiers, supposing him

dead, pushed forward, in order to despoil him of his rich clothing and

accoutrements; but the faithful elephant, standing over the body of its

master, boldly repelled every one who dared to approach, and while the

enemy stood at bay, took the bleeding Porus up with his trunk, and placed

him again on his back. The troops of Porus came by this time to his

relief, and the king was saved; but the elephant died of the wounds which

it had received in the heroic defence of its master.



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