11 pm
Saturday
3 November 2015
Dear Jumbo
diary,
It has
been a long time since I shared my thoughts with you. You are the only person on this entire planet
who understands me and whom I can trust. Humans are being cruel to elephants
like me. They have killed many of my friends brutally for their own selfish
purposes. Even though they make use of me to create several products, there are
only a handful of them who consider us as living beings.
Today, I had the
most awful and bitterest experience of my life. I was on my way back home from
the pond along with my friends after having a memorable time. Out of the blue,
I saw three figures emerging from the dense canopy of forests. In the blink of
an eye, they started aiming at us. Initially I thought that they were making a
nuisance out of themselves but soon I realized that they were here to trap us
for good. They started shooting us
randomly with their rifles. It was as if the most frightening nightmare
had come true. Soon I saw my friends lying in a pool of
blood. I was stunned and stood rooted to the ground, trembling with fear.
Instinctively,
an idea struck my mind like a gust of wind. I decided to feign dead in order to
fool the lousy hunters. Seeing all of us dead, the hunters gave a wicked laugh
and decided to go back to their camp site to get some tools. At that right
moment, I crept out and sprinted back to my home. I wiped the sweat from my
forehead and gave a sigh of relief. Tears welled up in my eyes and I sniffed
back my tears.
I felt a strong
urge of enmity towards humans .They destroyed my home, family, friends and in
fact everything from me. Why are these
humans too cruel towards us? When they are happy with their kith and kin, why
not us? What did we do to them? Isn’t there anyone to stop their inconsiderate
acts? Well, I guess enough of my grumblings for today. I hope elephants like me
will be saved one day!
Goodnight,
Ellie the elephant
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