<html><head><base href="x-msg://21/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear ones, <br></div></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>This story was shared with me and I wanted to share it with you. How amazing our universe and all the</div><div>creatures in it are. </div><div><br></div><div>Jeanette<br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote><div> </div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote><div><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; "></span></p><div><div><div id="ecxAOLMsgPart_3_bbe775c8-2f7e-4a82-b3c1-8aa2b950eb6c"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div id="ecxyiv1427690660"><div><div><div><div><div id="ecxyiv1427690660"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div id="ecxyiv1427690660ecxAOLMsgPart_2_b2bf9354-dd63-41a6-85a0-da798637b98c"><table class="ecxMsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div id="ecxyiv1427690660ecxyiv1254653156"><div><div><div><div><div><div><table class="ecxMsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><blockquote><div id="ecxyiv1427690660ecxyiv1254653156ecxyiv1175966440"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; ">HOW<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; "><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">DID THEY KNOW?</span></strong></span></b><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">THERE<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">IS SOMETHING IN THE UNIVERSE THAT IS MUCH GREATER AND DEEPER<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">THAN HUMAN INTELLIGENCE.</span></strong></span></b><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: red; "></span></p></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">THE ELEPHANT'S JOURNEY TO PAY RESPECT, BUT HOW DID THEY KNOW?</span></strong><span style="color: red; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: red; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "><br></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; "><img id="ecxyiv1427690660ecxyiv1254653156ecxyiv1175966440MA1.1355359722" alt="ele-1" width="554" height="384" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:59BB4CD2812B4AD590014C5F599A2986@electal9oec8ew"></span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">Lawrence Anthony, a legend in South Africa and author<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>of 3 books including the bestseller,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">The Elephant<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><b><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Whisperer</span></strong></b>,</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">bravely rescued wildlife and</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">rehabilitated<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>elephants all over the globe from human atrocities, including<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the courageous<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">r</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">escue of Baghdad Zoo animals during US invasion in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>2003.</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">On March 7, 2012 Lawrence Anthony<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; "><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">died.</span></strong></span></b><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">He is remembered and missed by his wife, 2 sons, 2<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>grandsons and numerous elephants.</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">Two days after his passing, the wild elephants showed<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>up at his home led by two large<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>matriarchs.</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">Separate wild herds arrived in droves to say goodbye<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>to their beloved man-friend.</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">A total of 31 elephants had patiently walked over 12<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; "><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">miles to get to his South African<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">House.</span></strong></span></b><span style="color: black; "></span></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><img id="ecxyiv1427690660ecxyiv1254653156ecxyiv1175966440MA2.1355359722" alt="ele-2" width="555" height="417" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:5232EC77C1674383BAA814935A169779@electal9oec8ew"></span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">Witnessing this spectacle, humans were obviously in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>awe not only because of the supreme intelligence and precise</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">timing that these elephants sensed about Lawrence’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">passing, but also because of the profound memory and emotion the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>beloved animals evoked in such an organized<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>way:</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">Walking slowly - for days -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">Making their way in a solemn one-by-one queue from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">t</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">heir habitat to his house.</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "><br></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">So,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>how after Anthony’s death, did the reserve’s elephants — grazing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>miles away in distant parts of the park —<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>know?</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">“A good man died suddenly,” says Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, Ph.D.,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>“and from miles and miles away, two herds of elephants, sensing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>that they had lost a beloved human friend, moved in a solemn,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>almost ‘funereal’ procession to make a call on the bereaved family at the deceased man’s home.”</span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; "></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">“If there ever were a time, when we can truly sense the wondrous<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>‘interconnectedness of all beings,’ it is when we reflect<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>on the elephants of Thula Thula. A man’s heart’s stops and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>hundreds of elephants’ hearts are grieving.</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">This</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">man’s oh-so-abundantly loving heart offered healing to these<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>elephants, and now, they came to pay loving homage<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">t</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">o<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>their friend.”</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">Lawrence's wife, Francoise, was especially touched,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>knowing that the elephants had not been to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">his house prior to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><b><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">that day</span></strong></b></span><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">for well over 3 years! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">But yet they knew where they were going. The elephants obviously wanted to pay their deep</span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; ">respects honouring their friend who'd saved their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>lives - so much respect that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">they stayed for 2 days 2 nights<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><b><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">without eating anything. Then one morning, they left,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">making their long journey<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">back.</span></strong></b></span><span style="color: black; "></span></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="color: black; "></span></p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; 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