Very, very touching.

RoadSweeper · 10-08-2006 1:44pm #1

Thought this was worth a copy and paste.

> > >
> > > A young man was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from college.
> > > While he was walking through the bush, he came across a young bull
> > > elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant
>seemed
> >
> > > distressed so the man approached it very carefully. He got down on
>one
> >
> > > knee and inspected the elephant's foot. There was a large thorn
>deeply
> >
> > > embedded in the bottom of the foot.
> > >
> > > As carefully and as gently as he could he 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 a good ten minutes the man stood
> > > frozen -- thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually
>the
> >
> > > elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away. The man never
> > > forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
> > >
> > > Twenty years later the man was walking through the zoo with his
> > > teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the
> > > creatures turned and walked over to where they are standing at the
> > > rail. The large bull elephant stared at him and lifted it's front
>foot
> >
> > > off the ground, then put it down.
> > > The elephant did that several times, all the while staring at the
>man.
> >
> > > The man couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.
> > > After a while it trumpeted loudly; then it continued to stare at
>him.
> > > The man 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 swung him wildly back and forth along the
>railing,
> > > killing him.
> > >
> > > Probably wasn't the same elephant.
> > >