As soon as I saw the elephant. I knew, with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him. It was a serious matter to shoot a working elephant ____ as it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery ____ and obviously one might not do it if it can possibly be avoided. And, at that distance. peacefully eating, the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow. I did not want to shoot him.

But at that moment, I glanced at the crowd that followed me. It was an immense crowd _____ rwe thousand at the least and growing every minute. It blocked the road for a long distance on either side. I looked at the sea of faces _____ faces all happy and excited over the bit of fun, ail certain that the elephant was going to be shot. And, suddenly, I realised that I should have to shoot the elephant after all. The people expected it of me and I had got to do it. I could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward, irresistibly.

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