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[keen skiff]

Please be patient

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[bleak frost]

Essentially. If it were passé composé, it would imply that the elephant did want to talk but then decided to no longer want it

[hoary meadow]

Also, vouloir kinda changes meaning in the passé composé

J’ai voulu = I tried = J’ai voulu te parler = I tried to talk to you

Je n’ai pas voulu = I refused = Je n’ai pas voulu te parler = I refused to talk to you

It’s not a direct translation but it sometimes has a meaning similar to that

[gleaming sandal]

It’s still so confusing though

[hoary meadow]

Sadly that’s how French is