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I follow the bank until I come to a spot where several chunks of wall have
tumbled into the water. Three careful leaps and I’m across.
Ruby runs to greet me. She wraps her mud-coated trunk around my neck, and
boy oh boy, am I happy to see that sweet little elephant.
“You hurt, Ruby?” I ask. “Is everyone all right?”
Ruby sniffles. “Yes, but—come quick.” She dashes off before I can ask
anything more.
Five of Ruby’s aunts stand by the elephant side of the moat. Each one has her
trunk plunged deep in the dark, muddy water. They look like a bunch of kids