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A touching story

Postby IdRatherBeSurfing » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:31 pm

This is a very touching story that you may send to your friends. I know they appreciate touching stories…




While on holiday in Kenya a man was walking through the bush when he came across an 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 removed the thorn and 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.

For years after, the man remembered the elephant and the events of that day. One day the man was walking through the zoo with his son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to where they are standing at the rail. It stared at him and 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. :lol:
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Postby isaluteyou » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:46 am

:shock: :shock: :twisted: poor guy
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Postby pat42 » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:40 pm

Yeah....poor guy!!


I hope they put the elephant down!
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Postby Manaiakalani-Mosquito » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:15 am

Suck to be him :shock:

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Postby WooD » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:59 am

IdRatherBeSurfing......... for some twisted reason I think we wood get along great.
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Postby Mitur Bin'esderty » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:57 am

I thought the story was going to end with the man and the elephant falling in love and riding into the sunset :cry: hahahaha
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