Music for Elephants

This story began with a blind bull elephant called PlaRa Paul Barton took his piano to ElephantsWorld a Sanctuary on the banks of the River Kwai in Thailand and began playing to the elephants while they were eating They were all having Barna Grass and it was that time of the day when the elephants get to eat a lot and they dont waste a moment because they know that moment wont last forever Paul recalls PlaRa was behind the piano with a mouthful of barna grass and I started to play Beethoven PlaRa was chewing and as soon as I played the first chords he stopped eating with stalks of Barna grass protruding from each side of his mouth and thats the way he stayed until the end of the piece Each time I played music for PlaRa whether flute or piano there was an identical reaction PlaRa would stand for a while and then he would curl his trunk and hold his trunk in his mouth until the piece was over No matter how long that piece was he would stay like that