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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 

********** Elephants in Phuket

 

>From the chaos of the Tsunami disaster comes an incredible tale from

Jim France, of the Pavilion Hotel Group in Bangkok:

 

At a resort on Phuket, one of the most popular attractions was

the elephant ride. As many as eight people would sit atop one

elephant, which would escort the tourists into the surrounding forest,

down to the beach, to lunch at a fresh water lagoon, and then back to

the hotel. A team of nine elephants was kept chained to in-ground

posts, not because they were dangerous, but because it made tourist

mothers feel safer when their children fed the huge animals.

 

Twenty minutes before the first wave hit, the elephants became

extremely agitated and unruly. Four had just returned from a tour and

their handlers had not yet chained them. Suddenly the four helped

their five peers tear free from their chains. Then they all climbed a

hill and began to bellow; many people followed them up the hill. Then

the waves began to crash. After the tsunami subsided, the elephants

charged down from the hill and began to pick up children with their

trunks. Once the kids were in place, the elephants ran them back up

the hill to safety. When all the children were taken care of, they

started helping the adults.

 

The elephants rescued 42 people. Then, they returned to the

beach and carried up four bodies, one a child. Not until the task was

done would they allow their handlers to mount them. Then, with

handlers atop, they began moving wreckage.

 

**************

 

"Rely on God and accept whatever happens, whether pleasant or painful,

that is your lot. He knows best what to give and when. He is full of

Divine Love (Prema). Take everything that happens to you as the gift

of God. Of course, on your part, you must act with all the skill and

devotion you are capable of, let whatever ensues, ensue! God gives

everything; whatever we get is His Grace. You have no right to judge

whether what you get is good or bad."

 

Gems of wisdom page 339.

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Your input with a freinds story was very striking - animals are become more

human as man becomes more animal.

 

We had the opportunity to see an elephant show in Bangkok, when we were there

for a holiday. After all the incredible gymnastics by elephants were over. One

elephant with the trainer came to do a thanksgiving round.

 

Now, there were people offering the elephant bananas and the elephant wd put the

bananas into his own mouth and if any one gave him money the trunk wd

automatically put it the pocket of them master trainers coat. So incredible was

this that not even once there was a slip up. Every time it got bananas they went

into his mouth and when money was offered - it went into his trainers pocket.

 

No doubt the elephant is claimed to be the wisest of all animals.

 

Sai Ram - Be Happy

 

JP

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BrianSm88 <briansm88 > wrote:

Dear Brothers and Sisters,********** Elephants in PhuketFrom the chaos of the

Tsunami disaster comes an incredible tale fromJim France, of the Pavilion Hotel

Group in Bangkok:

 

 

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