The elephant had a dream that he lost his heart and woke up believing it was real, so he set out to find his big heart. He asked the squirrel, rabbit, and tortoise if they had seen it, but they had not. The owl said it had just passed the river, so the elephant went there and found another elephant who said the first elephant had given it his heart to take care of. The elephant then understood he had given his heart to the other elephant.