A story is told of a farmer in a Midwest American town who heard a circus with an elephant was coming to a nearby town. He wanted to see the elephant so he loaded up his grain in his wagon and drove to town. On the way he ran into the circus train. His mule saw the elephant and bolted, upsetting the wagon and spilling the grain. When his neighbors wondered if he was sorry he said it was alright, he didn't care, because he'd seen the elephant. "To See the Elephant" came to mean going W
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