hills like white elephants

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…nt through the door with the beaded braids and the act had taken place. Throughout the story the number two seemed to be used often. There are two: character, bears, anis del toro, sets of train tracks, mountains, and strands of beads held by the women. What is the significance? Also, I could not figure out what the beads stood for or what white elephants had to do with the story. Why two white elephants?