; ))

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 was in much distress, so the man approached

it carefully. When he knelt by the elephants foot, he saw 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 stared at him for a long moment. 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 stood 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. Smiling weakly, he walked up to

the elephant.

Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around

one of the man's legs and swung him into the steel railing, killing

him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.....