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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:51:19 -0600
Subject: [Puptcrit] speaking of Elephants


There have been quite a few news stories about there being no dead
animals found after the Tsunami disaster.
I have no idea if this is one true, but I hope it is.
A good news story in any case.
Nothing to do with Puppetry.
Other than an encouraging tale.
If not a description of the way the world is, then certainly a vision
of the way the world could be.
And I am a sucker for a good story!
MJM
Milwaukee

An amazing story - Elephants in the Tsunami

  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=46rom the unbelievable chaos of the Tsunami disaster comes an
  incredible tale from Jim France of the Pavilion Hotel Group in Bangkok.

  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0At a resort on Phuket, one of the most popular attractions is
(was)
  elephant rides. As many as eight people on one elephant, first into
=A0the
  surrounding forest, then down to the beach, to lunch at a fresh =A0water
lagoon,
  then back to the hotel. The elephants (nine) were kept =A0chained to
  in-ground posts,not because they needed to be, but =A0because it made the
  mothers feel better because their children =A0seemed safe from a tromping
  when feeding the beasts.

  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0About twenty minutes before the first wave hit, the elephants
  became =A0extremely agitated and unruly. Four had just returned from a
  trip =A0and the handler's had not yet chained them. They helped the
other =A0five
  tear free from their chains. They all then climbed a hill and =A0started
  bellowing. Many people followed them up the hill. Then the =A0waves hit.
After the
  waves subsided, the elephants charged down from =A0the hill, and started
  picking up children with their trunks and =A0running them back up the=20
hill; when
  all the children were taken care of, they started helping the adults.

  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0They rescued forty- two people. Then, they returned to the beach
  and =A0carried up four dead bodies, one of a child.

  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Not until the task was done would they allow their handlers to
  mount =A0them. Then with handlers atop, they began moving wreckage


"It's not happiness that makes us grateful,
but gratefulness that makes us happy."

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