Little Toomai, a curious and fearless boy, was the son of Big Toomai, a mahout serving the Indian government. Their elephant, Kala Nag (“Black Snake”), was old, powerful, and wise, with over forty years of service carrying cannons and helping in wild captures. Unlike his father, who valued safety, Little Toomai longed for adventure and the freedom of the wild elephants.

During a hunt, he showed courage, earning the attention of Petersen Sahib, who teased that Toomai would only be accepted as a hunter once he saw the elephants dance — a legendary event no man had ever witnessed.

One night, Kala Nag answered the distant call of a wild elephant. Overcome by instinct, he lifted Little Toomai onto his head and carried him deep into the moonlit jungle. There, hidden among the trees, the boy watched in awe as dozens of wild elephants gathered in a clearing and moved in circles, stamping the earth in a solemn, rhythmic dance.

When he returned, few believed him, until the signs of trampled ground proved the truth. From then on, he was no longer just a child, but Toomai of the Elephants, heir to the mahout tradition and the only human to witness the elephants’ secret ritual.

* Toomai of the Elephants (December 1893)

* Red Circle Comics #4: A fictionalized version of the actor Sabu Sabu Dastagir (actor who plays Tomai in ''Elephant Boy'' (1937) and Mowgli in ''The Jungle Book'' (1942)) as jungle hero, armed with a blade and accompanied by an elephant named Naga.
* Sabu "Elephant Boy" #1-2: This is the same fictional version of Sabu from Red Circle Comics #4.
* True Comics #10: Biography of Sabu

*It was first published in ''St Nicholas Magazine'' (December 1893) and later reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, ''The Jungle Book'' (1894).
*The story was filmed in 1937 as ''Elephant Boy'' directed by Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltan Korda starring Sabu Dastagir. Actor who years later would play Mowgli.
*In ''Ramar of the Jungle'' #2, published by Charlton Comics, which had acquired several Fawcett comics, Sabu was renamed the Garo, unlike Western titles inspired by actors such a''s Gabby Hayes Western'', ''Lash LaRue Western'', ''Monte Hale Western'', ''Rocky Lane Western'', ''Tex Ritter Western'', and ''Tom Mix Western''.
*Toomai inspired characters like Ghanga and Taj.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toomai_of_the_Elephants Wikipedia]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/toomai/4005-173737/ ComicVine]
*[https://www.erbzine.com/mag18/kipling2.htm ERBzine]
*[https://www.comics.org/feature/38609/ GCD]
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