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Then Kenya gave the elephant some food that she had in her pocket. Once she noticed it wasn’t enough, she went looking for berries and fruits in the bushes. Suddenly, Kenya noticed the sun, it had started to set. “Don’t worry my little tembo , nitarudi. ” The elephant nodded its head, as if it seemed to understand. This was Kenya’s daily routine, saving some of her food to give to the elephant, and volunteering to go fetch the water every day. Soon enough, it had been a year, and her secret had still been safe. So was Kenya. Kenya was growing tired. Her father had married her off less than a year ago. She was exhausted from carrying her sufuria all the time. But she knew she had to keep seeing the elephant. Until, one day in April, more specifically, April 17th. Kena had walked down her usual path, right towards the clearing in the bushes. Something was wrong. Nothing was there. Where did he go? Kenya searched

around, hoping to find her elephant. She even whistled, hoping he would come. Unfortunately, her whistle brought something completely different. Kenya finally gave up and turned around-a lion, a young one, but still a lion. It was running at her from 300 meters away. Kenya quaked in fear, her throat dry, losing the ability to speak. There was nothing she could do. Closer and closer it came. Suddenly, a flash of grey appeared directly in front of her, block the lion off. It was Tembo! Immediately, the lion turned around and sped off. Kenya couldn’t believe it! The elephant had just saved her life! Gratitude washed over her face. She immediately hurried toward her tembo and gave him a big thank-you hug. He trumpeted in return, as if saying, “No, thank you.” “Is that really what happened Baba?” Johari asked. “That doesn’t matter binti, what matters is, what do you believe?” “I think it was definitely real,” Johari answered with a smile on her face.

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