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"Bringing up Kari" is an written by . This story is about a five-month-old baby elephant and the narrator.

 

"Bringing up Kari" speaks about two incidents. The first incident talks about Kari's  and . The second one speaks about Kari's transformation of character.

 

The story goes on like Kari, and the narrator usually takes their  in a nearby river. After bathing, the narrator leaves Kari, and he goes deep inside the forest to cut some . While cutting the twigs for Kari, the narrator hears a loud scream. He thinks that Kari is in trouble. Immediately, the narrator reaches the spot, and he sees a boy drowning deep inside the water. Kari pulls the narrator into the river, but , the narrator was not a good . Finally, Kari saves the lives of the narrator and the .

 

The second incident speaks about Kari's  of character. Kari likes to eat ripe bananas. One day, the narrator finds that all the fruit from his dining-table gets vanished. His parents and servants blame him for stealing all the bananas. Finally, the narrator finds that all the bananas are destroyed and lying scattered in Kari's . The narrator realizes that Kari is the culprit. The narrator warns Kari for stealing the bananas. From that day onwards, Kari stops . If anybody gives him any bananas, he will thank them and receive them.

"Bringing up Kari" speaks a few common things about elephants. An elephant must be taught when to sit and stand, or else the caretaker needs to carry a  with him wherever he goes. The most important and challenging thing to teach an elephant is a master call.  is a type of sound that makes the elephant feel that their master is in trouble. When an elephant hears a master call, he arrives at the particular spot to rescue his master. An elephant takes five years to learn a master call.