An antique scroll with "when elephants roam" unrolled on a wooden desk, with quill pens and ink bottles, bathed in sunlight.

An antique scroll with "when elephants roam" unrolled on a wooden desk, with quill pens and ink bottles, bathed in sunlight.

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