Not much can stop a...
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Not much can stop a horse that is set on running. But you know what a "ground hitch" is? Well, you control a horse with a bridle and usually a bit. When you get off the horse, you tie the reins of the bridle to something, a hitching post, a fence rail, a tree, whatever. If you don't have something solid to tie the horse to, and the horse is well trained, you can just drop the reins to the ground. That's right, a horse, powerful as he is, can be held in place just because the reins are touching the ground. Elephants are used as bulldozers in some parts of the world. An elephant can pull up trees by the roots and knock down walls. Not much can stop an elephant that is set on moving. So, how do you get an elephant to stay where you want him? Tie him to a tent peg. Well, it's not really that simple. It has to be a trained elephant. Usually he has a chain on his leg. When that elephant was very young, a trainer put a chain on his leg. Then he chained the elephant to a stake. But this stake was set in the ground with six feet of concrete or something just as solid. Something a baby elephant couldn't move or break. Now, fully grown, he can level brick walls, but he can't pull up the stake because he won't try. The opportunity is there, freedom beckons, but he won't try. He quit trying. -- Mosley
