yes

[squamous]

"In a Sufi fable, the elephant fell in love with a firefly, and imagined that it shone for no other creature but he; and when it flew long distances away, he was confident that at the center of its light was the image of an elephant."

For years I've been trying to remember where I first read that. It's from Ghost Story by Peter Straub. Now I wonder if there is an actual fable.