King Edgar's Elephant

By Ronald Smith

The story begins with a Viking earl and his men who find themselves with an elephant and decide to send it back to Scotia as a present to the king, where its arrival is seen as a miracle; its keeper, however, is sad when they part.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ronald Smith
• Release date: Oct 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465843692

Ronald Smith

Retired, general mender of deteriorating items and struggler with encroaching chaos, fond of pipe music, frogs, friends.

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King Edgar’s Elephant

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Ronald Smith

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Copyright 2011 Ronald Smith

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KING EDGAR'S ELEPHANT

You may wonder how it was that Edgar, King of Scotia in the far north of Britain, came to have an Elephant in the first place.

It was his uncle Sigurd who was to blame. Sigurd was a viking who lived in the Orkney islands, even further north. He decided to go to the Holy land on a pilgrimage, and he set off