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It is the morning of his last day and no one notices or cares that he is leaving. Unknown to him, someone has placed a six-foot tall toy elephant in his office. He is accompanied by Asha a spirit elephant who has followed him around since he was a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThings move quickly. Before they can get morning coffee and muffins, it is revealed that Asha is the heroic sleuth who foiled a plot by a murderous baker to poison students with chocolate chip muffins. Bored with retirement, Theo an ex-RCMP police horse partners up with Asha to track down the would-be killer. After an ancient sleeping spell Asha cast on the aspiring assassin goes wrong, ending with him taking his last lumps inside an industrial dough mixer, Asha confesses all to Geoffrey. Geoffrey figures out the true identity of the podcaster who has been swiping the juicy bits of the play and preparing them for a competing broadcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt all leads to a surprising conclusion as Asha turns the tables on the play’s director and forces the story to a happy ending. Asha presents Geoffrey with the motorcycle (stolen) he has always longed for. He and Asha and Theo ride off to find an adventure. It is unclear if Asha and Geoffrey can legally get married under Canadian law but they do pledge to spend the rest of their lives together having more adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeywords: Loneliness, friendship, retirement, aging, magic, wizards, fairy tales, fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Comedy, Absurdist\/Farce\u003cbr\u003eActs: 2\u003cbr\u003eRun time: 120 minutes\u003cbr\u003eSuitable for students 16+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast size: 4 actors\u003cbr\u003eMale roles: 3\u003cbr\u003eFemale roles: 1\u003cbr\u003eCasting notes: \u003cbr\u003eThe \"Elephant on the Far Side of the Mind\" is Asha. She is larger than life and she loves to play the fool. (She trained with Shakespeare.) She has license to say and act as she pleases as she is wise and knowing in her child-like perception of the world that orbits around her. 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