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, tortoise, and owl if they had seen his heart, but they had not. The owl said it had passed by the river. There, the elephant found another elephant who said it was caring for the first elephant's heart all along. The first elephant realized he had given his heart to the other elephant to take care of.