Toomai of the Elephants
Toomai of the Elephants is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a young elephant-handler. It was first published in St Nicholas Magazine and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, The Jungle Book. The character Petersen Sahib is thought to be modelled on George P. Sanderson.
The story was filmed in 1937 as Elephant Boy directed by Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltan Korda starring Sabu Dastagir. The story was also produced in 1973 as the TV series Elephant Boy starring Esrom Jayasinghe.
