BUA THE WHITE ELEPHANT

. Although it was lovely and coarse and very wrinkly, it was not the deep grey of the rest of the herd. “Maybe it will change as she gets older,” said Rose. Winfield disagreed. “I do believe that Bua is really a rare white elephant,” he said. “Oh dear,” said Rose, knowing what that meant. Bua would not be able to live all her life with the herd as rare white elephants are offered as gifts to the King.