An elephant saw an ant and was amazed at how small and frail the ant appeared.

The ant spoke to the elephant, “It is not clear who is stronger, you or me. But, you can’t
be the judge.”

“Then who will judge?”, said the elephant.

Let’s go see the man, let him be the judge,” said the ant.

They went together to see the man.

“To resolve this question it will be necessary to test the strength of each of you,” said the man.

The elephant lifted a column with his trunk and placed it on top of a wall.

The ant fetched a cigarette butt

“Oh big elephant,” said the man, “the ant is stronger than you are. The cigarette butt the ant carried is twenty times more heavy than he is.
However, the column that you lifted is much lighter than you are.”