AND GAZELLE'S LEAPING
An orphan, his pet, a Manipuri elephant sensitive about his small size, and their friends. . . Heera and her nanny-goat; Mazdoor and his donkey White Beauty; Tu Fan, a Chinese boy, and Soetomo from Java, attend Sister's Svenska's kindergarten on an abandoned estate in rural Calcutta. The children and their pets live an idyllic life: they have many adventures on the estate, and are loved, sheltered and guided by Sister Svenska; Karin, the Sister's help; Moti-Didi the washerwoman; and Cha-Cha the wheelwright. But when a rapacious corporation from the big city swoops in to take over their school, and a gang of juvenile thugs threatens the orphan and his elephant, he must band together with his friends, with a little help and advice from the grown-ups around them, and do battle.