what was the matter with the elephant

what was the matter with the elephant
One day an old man was selling a big elephant.A young man came to the elephant and began to look at it sloely ang carefully.The old man went to him and said,"Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it,and then I'll give you some meat.""All right."said the young man.After the old man sold the elephant,he gave the young man some meat ang said."Now,can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the elephant?""I didn't find the bad ears."said the young man."Then why did you look at the elephant slowly and carefully?"asked the old man.The young man answered,"Because I've never seen an elephant before,and I want to knoe what it looks like."