There is a Chinese folk tale which tells of an elephant taking a man who had removed a thorn from its foot into the mountains. There the elephant unearthed some tens of tusks for the man in repayment of his kindness.
中國有個民間故事，說的是一頭大象載著幫它取出腳底木刺的恩人進山，掊土挖出數十根象牙作為報答。