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We met at the elephants’ enclosure and the women were talking when they brought out Shantih and geared him up for the day ahead. The animal was employed as a people carrier, lumbering along with hordes of squealing kids on his back. Standing close to the elephant, I reached out and began to pummel his enormous leg with the palm of my hand. Suddenly I felt a tight grip around my chest, lost ground under my feet and was lifted up towards an inspecting eye. I was too surprised to feel fear and Shantih had a good hard look at this bundle of stunned petulance before he gently set me down again. He and I became friends. For the rest of the season I saw him almost every morning and he lifted me up to his back and patiently listened to what I had to tell him. I liked to pull at his bristles and his ears. He didn’t mind. One day his handler didn’t allow me to get near. The animal was in the must and incessantly weaving from side to side. The smell was intense; it was the last time I’ve seen Shantih. My father was transferred to Bavaria and I entered school.

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