Terry Pratchett was an excellent author who wrote hysterically funny books based on the disc world theory. In his series he write that there were actually five elephants, a Fifth Elephant. I highly suggest the series. A few of the books were made into live action films and a few others were animated, but the books themselves are pure comedic gold. Unfortunately Pratchett passed away a few years ago from complications of Alzheimer's. I met him once and cherish the memory. Anyhow, your beginning reminded me of the books. Thank you for sharing,
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