Merlin Orr Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 A man was on holiday in Kenya. While he was walking through the bush, 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Good one...you are right, probably not the same elephant...Never look a gift elephant in the mouth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I guess they all look alike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 So what have we learned from this ............... ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 So what have we learned from this ............... ??? Which side of the fence your on can make a diffrence.-----Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 True .................. true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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