The story of the fox and the elephant is a fictional story with a moral. The story is about a fox and an elephant who were best friends. One day, however, the fox planned to deceive the elephant. So, the fox took the elephant to a village and made him destroy a garden. The fox pretended to hunt chickens in the middle of the night. After some time the fox barked loudly and ran away. The fox's body is very light, but the elephant could not run as quickly. Thus, the elephant could not escape being beaten severely by the owner of the garden. As their home was on the opposite side of a river, they had to cross the river to get back home. The fox waited on the river bank because he could not cross by himself. The elephant agreed to carry him on his back, but when they were halfway across the river, the elephant went to sleep in the water, claiming he had severe pain throughout his body (after having been beaten). The central themes of the story are deception and revenge.