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The following is a beautiful story ... sort of brings a tear to your eye. And I'm sure it's true.

A man was on holiday in Kenya. While he was walking
through the bush, he came across an elephant standing
with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed
distressed so the man approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's
foot. There was a large thorn deeply embedded in the
bottom of the foot.

As carefully and as gently as he could, he removed the
thorn and the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The
elephant turned to face the man and with a rather
stern look on its face, stared at him. For a good ten
minutes the man stood frozen -- thinking of nothing
else but being trampled.

Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and
walked away.

For years after, the man remembered the elephant and
the events of that day. One day the man was walking
through the zoo with his son. As they approached the
elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and
walked over to where they are standing at the rail.

It stared at him and the man couldn't help wondering
if this was the same elephant.

After a while it trumpeted loudly, then it continued
to stare at him. The man summoned up his courage,
climbed over the railing and made his way into the
enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and
stared back in wonder.

Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its
trunk around one of the man's legs and swung him
wildly back and forth along the railing, killing him.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.