<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://161/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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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Longacre<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> from Yaoundι, Cameroon</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "> just another child of God Blog: <a href="http://tlongacre.wordpress.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">http://tlongacre.wordpress.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "> Run Blog: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: blue; "><a href="http://revruns.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://revruns.blogspot.com</a></span></span></div></font></div></span></div></span></div></span><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; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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; border-spacing: 0px; 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margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(192, 80, 77); "> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(192, 80, 77); ">-O0ooo<br> ()<br> )-/-<br> (_/-<br> -ooo0O-<br> -()-<br> \-(<br> \_)-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></font></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>
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<br><div><div>On 31 Jan 2013, at 15:58, Geri Tolman <<a href="mailto:gdtolman@comcast.net">gdtolman@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; 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-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="734301213-31012013"><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="734301213-31012013"><font face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="734301213-31012013"><font face="Arial">If you compare the version which was originally sent to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://Snopes.com">Snopes.com</a><span class="Apple-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="734301213-31012013"><font face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="734301213-31012013"><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="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left"><span style="right: auto; "><strong><font size="2" face="Tahoma"></font></strong></span> </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font face="Arial"></font> </div></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>Dialogue mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net</div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>