1961 Magazine Fall 2016
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HISTORY & TRAVEL<br />
behind. After all we were probably up around 12 feet<br />
on the back of the elephant and I sure wasn’t going to<br />
relinquish my grip on Keelyn to climb down and get<br />
it. Only for us being alone in the middle of a jungle<br />
was I not mortified by the situation and the carry on<br />
between my wife and her mother! The debate went<br />
on for several minutes with no end in sight. I kept<br />
watching the elephant trainer who basically didn’t<br />
speak English, he simply looked forward the whole<br />
time, smart man!!<br />
Then the most amazing thing happened. Believe it or<br />
not, just when I was sure that we would spend the rest<br />
our safari arguing over what happened to the fallen<br />
nappy, the elephant reached out with its trunk and<br />
picked it up. She flung her trunk over her shoulder<br />
and handed it directly to my wife. My wife, Nana and<br />
everyone fell silent in disbelief. I told my wife, “I think<br />
she’s handing it to you” and my wife reached out and<br />
grabbed it. The nice elephant immediately let it go<br />
and the nappy was back – crises diverted. Now this<br />
might be a bit of a long winded story with many details<br />
you wouldn’t normally include in an article on travel,<br />
but all I can say is that it taught me something very<br />
important about elephants. They are very intelligent<br />
and conscious creatures and I gained so much respect<br />
for the animal at that moment. I then told the elephant<br />
thank you and off we went.<br />
Here’s the hero herself!<br />
My wife after the nappy ordeal:<br />
Remarkably from that moment on my wife was<br />
completely relaxed and calm, she too understood<br />
that the elephant was a peaceful and smart creature;<br />
As did Keelyn who took the opportunity to fall asleep<br />
and get a great rest while her dad tried to hold the<br />
limp noodle child in his arms and snap photos of what<br />
was left of our trek riding on an elephant as it swayed<br />
back and forth through the jungle.<br />
Regarding people who poach elephants illegally, they<br />
should be tried for murder as far as I am concerned.<br />
Elephants are amazingly intelligent and conscious<br />
creatures.<br />
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<strong>1961</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2016</strong>
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