How does one select an original of a draggable element?

Hello, i’m using jquery draggable method to move an element to a new container. I want the original element to disappear once the dragging begins and have a clone of the original to be dragged instead. Then once is clone is dropped into droppable, I want the original to reappear in a third container and the clone to dissappear. I’m stuck at stage 1, (ie making the original to dissapar). Problem is, I don’t know how to select the object representing the original. Here’s what I’ve tried. I’ve also $(this).hide() in place of ui.draggable.hide(), but none of that works. Any ideas? Thanks.

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function drag(){

$('#drag_box > img').draggable({//Elements to be dragged are image elements contained in #drag_box


	helper: 'clone',

  		revert: true,

	dragStart: function(event, ui){

		ui.draggable.hide();//This line is supposed to hide the original 

	}

});//end draggable method


$('#drop_box').droppable({

 		accept: '#drag_box img',  


	drop: function(event, ui){

		ui.helper.remove();//Removes the clone from the DOM

	}

});//end droppable method

}//End drag

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