After The Movie…

Last night we went out for dinner and a movie. We saw Pirates of the Caribbean. After the movie, we walked outside of the theater and onto the street and tried to decide where we wanted to eat dinner. I spotted an elephant up ahead and was anxious to see it up close. We came up to it and noticed a handful of people standing around watching it and feeding it. This elephant was smaller than the one we photographed earlier, but had a tail and a trunk that wouldn't quit.

Two young guys tried to slip past it but the second guy fell prey to the elephant's trunk which we think hit him in the crotch. The event startled him and he fell a little off balance and leaned on a car. We all began to laugh as he was embarrassed, but laughing as well. I was intrigued by this huge animal and had been daring myself to touch it. I noticed a fellow coming towards us who petted the elephant as he walked past. Just as I was about to tell hannah about this brave guy, he was whipped in the face with the elephant's nasty tail, startling him and knocking him back a little. He didn't even see it coming and neither did we. It was the funniest thing i've seen since I've been here. I was nearly on the ground laughing. There were several guys around who were also laughing and we all came together in that moment. It was the first time since we arrived that I felt like one of them. I became just another guy on the street rather than a white guy to be stared at. We may as well have been handing out high-fives to each other.