Three men blind from birth lived in a village. They had all heard stories of the massive animal called the elephant, but they had never personally been around one. One day the circus came to town and brought an elephant with it. The three men decided to go and find out if what they had heard about the animal was true. One of the blind men reached out and touched the animals trunk, the second touched its foot, the other felt its ear. They then left and went home. When they got home their families asked them what the animal was like. The first one said "The elephant is a thick slimmy snakelike animal" The second said "no, no, that's not right! The elephant is hard as a rock, dry and solid" The third man said "no, you are wrong too, the elephant is soft and thin, like the wing of a giant butterfly"
Who was right?
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