A Heart warming story

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Ok... so I am cleaning out some files on my Yahoo account... well, cause I am, see, and I come across this story that my friend Tim sent me awhile back.

Tim I have known for almost forty years and is one of the most sincere and kind men that I know.  I was an usher for his first wedding, a groomsman for his second and have been assured that I will be best man if there should be a third.

Now, I have nothing new to write so I am just sending to you this story just as he sent itt to me.  I have no Idea where he found it.... but that is not the point.

What a story !!

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday

in Kenya after graduating from

Northwestern University .

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 Peter approached it very

carefully.

He got down on one knee, inspected the

elephants foot, and found a large piece of

wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully

and as gently as he could, Peter worked the

wood out with his knife, after which the

elephant gingerly put down its foot.

The elephant turned to face the man, and

with a rather curious look on its face, stared

at him for several tense moments. Peter

stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but

being trampled. Eventually the elephant

trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of

that day. Twenty years later, Peter was walking

through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son.

As they approached the elephant enclosure, one

of the creatures turned and walked over to near

where Peter and his son Cameron were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Peter, 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, Peter

could not help wondering if this was the same

elephant. Peter 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. The elephant

trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of

Peter legs and slammed him against the railing,

killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.

oh oh oh.... he also shares my sense of humor

Cindy Wundrow