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10-21-2006, 02:12 PM
I know this is a lot to read, but it is really good. It applies to the way life really is. Please take a moment and read it.
Barry
Elephants Memory - Touching Story
In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating
from college. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull
elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.
The elephant seemed distressed so Mbembe approached it very
carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot,
and found a large thorn deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as
gently as he could, Mbembe worked the thorn out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to face the man and with a rather stern look
on its face, stared at him. For several tense moments Mbembe stood
frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away.
Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later he was walking through a zoo with his
teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the
creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe and lifted its front foot off
the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.
Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and
made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant
and stared back in wonder. Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of the man's legs and thrashed him repeated on the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
Barry
Elephants Memory - Touching Story
In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating
from college. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull
elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.
The elephant seemed distressed so Mbembe approached it very
carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot,
and found a large thorn deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as
gently as he could, Mbembe worked the thorn out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to face the man and with a rather stern look
on its face, stared at him. For several tense moments Mbembe stood
frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away.
Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later he was walking through a zoo with his
teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the
creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe and lifted its front foot off
the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.
Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and
made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant
and stared back in wonder. Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of the man's legs and thrashed him repeated on the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.