<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Remember the wisdom of John Knox in The Event and the Story? A story is true if (1) it did happen, (2) it could have happened or (3) it conveys some deeper truth. (I'm paraphrasing this from my memory of what Knox said, so it may not be what he "really" said, but he could have.)</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Randy</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><i>While there may be no "right" way to value a forest, a river, or a child, the wrong way is to give it no value at
all.</i></div><div><i> <font size="1">-</font></i><font
size="1">Paul Hawken</font></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Tracy Longacre <tel@telphoto.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:03 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Dialogue] How did the Elephants know?!<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv990842560"><base><div>Hmm, maybe a few tweaks, but overall the story is actually true. Maybe not as heartstring pulling, but still pretty incredible.<div><br><div>
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style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"><font class="yiv990842560Apple-style-span"> Tracy E. Longacre</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"> from Yaoundé, Cameroon</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); font-size: 10pt;"> just another child of God Blog: <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://tlongacre.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://tlongacre.wordpress.com</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color:
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<br><div><div>On 31 Jan 2013, at 15:58, Geri Tolman <<a href="mailto:gdtolman@comcast.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:gdtolman@comcast.net">gdtolman@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv990842560Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font:/normal Helvetica; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="yiv990842560734301213-31012013"><font face="Arial">not to take away from the wonderful work that he did with/for elephants, nor to cast aspersions on the amazing intelligence of elephants, but I'm very skeptical about the authenticity of this story. </font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="yiv990842560734301213-31012013"><font face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="yiv990842560734301213-31012013"><font
face="Arial">If you compare the version which was originally sent to<span class="yiv990842560Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://snopes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snopes.com</a><span class="yiv990842560Apple-converted-space"> </span>(urban legends investigation web site) in April 2012, you will see several "tweaks" (embellishments) to the story as it was sent to us. </font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="yiv990842560734301213-31012013"><font face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="yiv990842560734301213-31012013"><font face="Arial">But, then again, if the "story" saves a few elephants, our world will be richer for it!</font></span></div><br><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" class="yiv990842560OutlookMessageHeader" align="left"><span><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"></font></b></span> </div><div style="font-family:
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