The Elephant was very proud of his new computer. He took it out of the box and examined it with his trunk. "With this computer I will become state-of-the-art," he announced. The other animals murmured approvingly. The Elephant attached the computer to a chain and hung it around his neck. "Now I will be faster and more powerful," he said. He ran to a nearby grove of trees. The computer around his neck swung from side to side. "If anything, this computer seems to weigh me down," thought the Elephant. "It doesn't make me faster at all." The Elephant wrapped his trunk around a small tree. He tried to yank it out of the ground, but the computer got in the way of his efforts. "How disappointing," said the Elephant to himself, "It hasn't made me more powerful, either." Toward sunset, the Elephant went for a relaxing mud bath. He replayed the day's mishaps over and over in his mind. Before going home, he took off his new computer and threw it in the river. Later, for a snack, he ate the instruction manual.
Moral: Technology means nothing if you don't know how to use it.
