Once there was a king who had been trying very hard to capture the elephant for his personal collection but that price had proved elusive. All the hunters in the kingdom had tried but failed to capture the elephant. so the king promised any one who could capture the elephant half of his kingdom.
The tortoise heard about this and went to the king to accept the challenge. The king was very amused. " All my hunters have failed to capture the elephant and you think you can succeed where they failed ? " , The king asked. the tortoise insisted that he was up to the task and promised to deliver the elephant to the king within 48hours .
The tortoise then dug a big hole, big enough to hold the elephant along a part leading into the village. Then he covered the hole with sticks and leaves so it was not visible unless you inspected closely. When this was done, the tortoise went to seek out the elephant.
He told the elephant " you know you are the largest animal in the forest and you should be king ". the elephant had never considered this before but he taught it was not a bad idea. the tortoise told the elephant that the villagers had decided to make the largest animal their king and were all expecting the elephant to come to their village and be crowned as their king. the more the elephant heard, the more exited he became.
the tortoise adored the elephant with colorful beads and beating a gong , he sang songs praising the elephant while he lead the way into the village. Soon they approached the trap and the tortoise being smaller and lighter walked over the trap. The elephant who was following him felt through the sticks and the leaves into the dip hole the tortoise had dug. And that was how the tiny tortoise captured the huge elephant and earned half of the kings kingdom.