[MD] assumption and dynamic intuition

[X Acto]

 In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in 
Kenya  after graduating from  Northwestern    University  .

                              

  On a hike through the bush, he came 
across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.

                              
 The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter 
approached it very carefully.

                             
He got down on one knee, inspected the 
elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.

                                

 As carefully and as gently as he could, 
Peter worked the wood out with his knife,

                             

after which the elephant gingerly put 
down its foot.

                              

 The elephant turned to face the man, and 
with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense 
moments.

                          

 Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing 
else but being trampled.

                        

Eventually the elephant trumpeted 
loudly, turned, and walked away.

  Peter never forgot that elephant or the 
events of that day......

                        



 Twenty years later, Peter was walking 
through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son.

                       

 As they approached the elephant 
enclosure, one of the creatures turned and
walked over to near where Peter and his 
son Cameron were standing.



The large bull elephant stared at Peter, 
lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down.

                              
The elephant did that several times then 
trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

                                

 Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter 
could not help wondering if this was the same elephant.

                               

Peter summoned up his courage, climbed 
over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure.

                         

He walked right up to the elephant and 
stared back in wonder.

                              

The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped 
its trunk around one of Peter legs 
and slammed him against the railing, 
killing him instantly

Probably wasn't the same elephant.