A traveling man with a trained elephant began to visit town after town. For a fee of five dollars, he bet people $100 that they could not make his elephant stand on its hind legs, and no one could.

Finally, in a small town, a wiry old farmer with bushy eyebrows, pitchfork in hand, stepped forward in the crowd and made the bet. He plunged the fork into the animal's chest and it stood up. He got the $100.

The traveler admitted his defeat and moved on. But a few months later he changed his tactics and began to make bets that no one could make him move his head up and down and side to side.

Finally they came again to that small town. The same old farmer was there and made the wager again. He said to the elephant, "Remember me?" and the elephant moved his head up and down. Then he said, "Want me to do it again?" and the elephant moved his head from side to side!