MonoMonday: Storytelling - The Elephant

SkiMe's main MonoMonday challenge ("Unlocking Inspiration") defeated me today, as we're on holiday and blip time was limited. So I've gone for the alternative, easier challenge of "Storytelling". We had a day-trip to the Island of Capri, and it was fabulous. The first thing we learnt was how to pronounce "Capri"; we've always pronounced it wrongly as the correct way is to say "Cap-ri" - with the emphasis on the first syllable, not the second as we've always done.
 
Having arrived by hydrofoil at the island, we continued with an hour's boat trip round the island, seeing the spectacular cliffs & rock formations. Then after a bus trip, in little short buses to (just) fit the narrow winding roads, we rode the chair lift at Anacapri village to the summit of the island for some great views. After lunch we descended part-way, to Capri town before getting the ferry back to Sorrento.
 
I'd been puzzling how to get a suitable MM shot, when during our boat trip round the island, our guide pointed out a shape like an elephant in the cliff face (see the photo). I reckoned that would do. My Editor then helped to work out a story to go with it:
 
"At the outbreak of the 2nd Punic War (218-210 BC) Hannibal, from Carthage, marched his elephants over the Pyrenees from Spain to France and then over the Alps into Italy. Most of the elephants were tired and stopped in Northern Italy for a rest, but one young inquisitive one crept away by night and over the next few days wandered almost the whole length of Italy to Surrentum (Sorrento), stealing buns to eat as he went. He heard that Capri was very beautiful and, what's more, had the best buns in the world. He smuggled himself over to Capri on a big ferry boat, in the same room as the human passengers (after all, no-one is very good at spotting the "elephant in the room"). He searched all over the island looking for the buns and was directed to the bottom of the cliffs on the south side. The only way to get there was to climb down the cliff face. Partway down however his nerve failed him and he became petrified - this is why we can still see him there today."

The extra is one of the lovely views from Capri town; the sea really was that colour once the morning haze cleared.