Five blind men wanted to find out what an elephant was. So they had one brought to them. Surrounding the elephant , each blind man reached up to touch it. The first blind man grabbed the elephant's trunk. He said “ AHA! So an elephant is like a snake.” The second blind man, holding one of the elephant's legs said, “Oh, no, It's like a tree trunk.” The third grabbed the elephant's ear and said, “How can you say that? An elephant is clearly like a fan.” The fourth, clutching the animal's tail, said, “Fools! The elephant is like a rope.” The fifth, climbing up the side of the elephant, said, “You're all wrong! The elephant resembles a small hill.”