The Elephant and the Artist

There was an Artist who prided herself on painting. And she painted simple, thinking, "No animal on earth paints, beside we people. So, therefore, I shall paint like a child, and become prosperous." Yet, the Elephant saw this, and was ashamed. He said, "Little painter, you are a Man, and can do great things with this paintbrush. I shall show you, that even an animal can paint like you." So, the Elephant took his finger, on his trunk, and painted a picture of a sunset with his Elephant body standing by a stream. The painter was perplexed, "For I thought only humans could paint?" said the painter. The Elephant then said, with a sigh of humility, "You are Man, capable of greater things than I, so prove it. For, I am but an Elephant. Do greater things than the beasts, for you are ashamed that I can paint? Why then do you paint, when the beasts of the field have equal talent to yours? No, excel it and your compassion and your moral law, for in your creation there is meaning."