Rescue

This is a story about elephants a story

which takes place on a beautiful island

once known as salon now called Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a land of elephants and all

the people look forward to special

holidays when there is a parade elephant

owners bring their best animals to march

in the procession

yes this is a story about elephants

especially one elephant and it's the

story about the boy who became that

elephants special friend.

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more than anything in the world an eel

wanted an elephant of his very own he

loved the big animals he knew how to

talk to them he felt sure they talked to

him a Neal's father was the manager of a

large plantation not the owner of the

plantation the manager he didn't make

enough money in a whole year to buy even

an old animal so the chances of an eel

ever owning an elephant were very small

it was mr. Ratna the man who lived in

the big house on the plantation who

could buy elephants the plantation

belonged to him he owned several of the

animals using them for work around the

plantation mr. Rata had a son named soma

an eel didn't like soma at all and soma

didn't like an eel instead of playing

with other kids an eel never played with.

Sola he preferred to spend his time with

the elephants another liver all too

often though the big animals would be

needed for work around the plantation

and aneel was not permitted to be with

them so an eel was not really what you

would call a very happy boy with his

sister Shanti it was completely

different shante's life was full of

happiness and for a very good reason.

Shanti was a sincere happy Christian

although an eel loved his sister very

much it bothered him to see her reading

the Bible so often and to hear her

memorizing verses Vishwa your sin will

find you out Roman 623 the wages of sin

is death but the gift of God is eternal

life to Jesus Christ our Lord

but nothing bothered an eel quite so

much as soma who with his gang of

friends looked for any chance to add to

anneals unhappiness.

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But on that very same day when his heart

was so full of bitterness towards soma

and his gang something happened which

was to fill an eels life with new

interest and excitement

this wasn't one of mr. retinas elephants

not one of the animals from any of the

other plantations in the area either it

was a wild elephant an eel wondered

maybe he could tame the animal some

other wild elephants looked on concerned

about their sick companion aneel decided

to try to drive them away it was a very

dangerous thing for a boy to do but he

wanted this sick elephant for his own

very much

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what's wrong I Neil I found a while

evilly the jungle it's sick he needs

water shall I help you Shanti and it'll

be careful

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xoma of course told his father all he

had seen out in the jungle he knew an

eel wanted the elephant for himself but

he also knew the land on which the

elephant lay sick belong to his father

it's a wonderful anywhere so you found

the wild elephant is in that little

danger he's very tame father he knows

we're trying to help him he's my

elephant I found him we named him Raja.

I understand there is a stray elephant

on my property I mean founding mr.

Ratner hmm yes soma told me that but the

elephant was found on my property and

therefore it belongs to me but wouldn't

even belong to my son you expect me to

give him a gift that animal is worth at

least 15,000 rupees I'll call for a bit

if we can tape that elephant it will be

very valuable to me the elephant is mine

his mind I found him

storms of anger and frustration raged in

an eels heart why must his family be so

poor why did soma have all the good

things while he had so little he almost

wished the animal would die but he loved

the elephant too much so he did

everything he could to help nurse Raja

back to good health Roger remained

gentle even as his health returned and

because of an eels love and care became

very fond of his new friend you're my

elephant ania whispered quietly over and

over you're mine of course soma

considered the elephant his but it was

plain to see that Raja couldn't care

less about the son of the plantation

owner Emil was his friend not soma

so no matter what anyone said anio

believed raja belonged to him not to mr.

Rodman why couldn't it be just the other

way around mr. ratna the manager of the

plantation and the Neal's father the

owner mr. Rotter was pleased to have an

eel give so much attention to Raja

because all mr. Ratna wanted was for the

animal to become completely tame so it

could be used as a worker around the

plantation

with his mind and heart so full of love

for Raja an eel paid less and less

attention to daily Bible readings at

home he paid less attention in Sunday

school too even when the teacher told

some of the most exciting stories in the

Bible his mind would drift away to

thoughts of Raja.

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It didn't particularly interest mr.

rakhna not at first to see the elephant

learning tricks he was just pleased to

know how obedient the animal had become

through anneals care and training

once a bright student at school an eel

now lost all interest in his studies he

would sit for hours just thinking about.

Raja what a fine elephant Raja was and

how cruel that the animal couldn't

really belong to him fine animal isn't

it okay the animals yo honey even though

he belongs to me.

I watched you today you have taught

Roger many things I also heard mr.

Ratner talking to some people she thinks

Roger is the best of all the elephants

on the plantation Rogers mine I found

him no I need Roger is not yours Roger

belongs to mr. Aetna what about your

schoolwork do you think too much about.

Raja the tourist nation who had seen an

eel playing with his animal ask mr.

Ratner if he could bring some people to

the plantation mr. Ratner said he could

thinking very little about it at first

the love between the boy and the

elephant grew stronger every day

sometimes when they went for long hikes

through the jungle an eel felt like

urging Raja on to run away just the two

of them and never come back again but

ania loved his family too much to ever

really think seriously of running away

though he had never opened his heart to

the Lord Jesus as his mother and father

had done many years before as his sister

had done he knew what a difference it

makes in people's lives in their

families in their homes when they are

selfish and hateful and do not have.

God's love