An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the Herd Taught Me About Love, Courage, and Survival by Françoise Malby-Anthony

Author:Françoise Malby-Anthony
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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I named the calf Tom in honour of my gentle chef, whose presence of mind in investigating a strange noise had saved the little one’s life. We monitored baby Tom for weeks to make sure she didn’t wander off again, but ET had obviously grounded her daredevil daughter because every time the rangers saw ET, baby Tom was right there at her mother’s side.

At last we relaxed.

I have witnessed amazing phenomena in my years at Thula Thula and the miraculous way baby Tom found her way to me is something I have no answers for. She was only a week old, so how did she end up at my home? How did she know she would be safe with me?

My chef Tom and many of my Zulu staff believe Lawrence’s spirit is still with us, watching over his animal and human family like he did when he was alive, and they believe he guided the baby to me.

I believe it’s a combination of things. I too sense Lawrence’s presence at Thula Thula and his influence still touches us every day, and I also feel that our elephants share knowledge amongst themselves. After years of living so close to them and observing their behaviour, I have seen their extraordinary ability to communicate.

Maybe ET walked past my house with her baby during the first few days of her life, and maybe she told her daughter the story of how Lawrence and I had rescued her fourteen years earlier, and maybe, just maybe, little Tom remembered and knew that my home was the safest place for her to go.

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