The night before everyone prepares food to bring to the hanging the next day. The townies ignore his plea and they decide that hanging the elephant will satisfy everyone's need for vengeance. That is, everyone except for the Preacher, who doesn't want the animal to be killed. The Tour Manager allows the circus show to go on and the Ballet Dancer attempts to show how gentle Mary actually is, but the town wants blood and won't settle for less. The circus team leads Mary away and the Marshall agrees to deal with Mary later. The town's people are enraged and attempt to shoot Mary, but the bullets do nothing. Mary then goes about eating the watermelon. So, Mary takes the man off of her with her trunk and throws him into a vending machine, then walks over to him and steps down on his head until she crushes him to death. Mary goes for the watermelon rind and when she does the young man, Red, atop her attempts to pull her back multiple times. But, the animal sees a watermelon rind that normally would have been eaten by the pigs which eat the town's slop thrown into the street the pigs have been driven away because they are not accustomed to so many people being on the main street. And Red, the newbie, rides Mary through the crowd. The townies from Erwin all arrive early to claim their place on the street to welcome the circus. The Trainer objects to this as the young man is too new, but the Tour Manager demands the Trainer allow it to be. He's given a job cleaning up her feces, and when they arrive in the next town, Erwin, Tennessee he wants to ride Mary through Main Street during the welcoming parade. In Kingsport a 25 year old, red-headed man asks to join the Tour Manager's circus to work with Mary. The circus has just come front Kingsport where the townies were thrilled with the circus and its main attraction, Mary, a five ton elephant. We are also introduced to the townspeople of Erwin, Tennessee. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousĮlephant's Graveyardbegins with the introduction of the circus and all of it's members speaking of their roles in the circus.
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