Thousand and Two reasons why our Wild Elephants would become extinct

Thousand and Two reasons why our Wild Elephants would become extinct

As I stated in the previous blog piece that I wanted the Elephant Saga to be my 1001th piece and it should coincide with the annual Esala Perehara (Kandy Pageantry).

What I wanted write here was inspired by a wooden craft in display at bargain price.

It was given at half price.

Why?

It originally had three pieces (three elephants).

The tusker, the mother and the baby.

What was left?

Two and one tusk missing.

Mother had been taken away forcibly (stolen)

It ashamed me, just the pity look of it, probably a Sri-Lankan kid had done this damage to a  wonderful piece of Kandyan craftsmanship.

My guess, he could have been a son of a Ganga Grower, who has visited the city with ill gotten money with his son unsupervised (or supervised to see that there was nobody on the floor, so that he could practice, a broad day light break in and stealing) who accomplised the ruthless task of disfiguring a figurine in display. 

Having seen his father doing that in the jungle, he was probably practicing, the skills on a dummy.

The father and the Jim-band would have been proud of his skill.

I have another pray for this season.

i want it to rain for ten days (there are draught stricken regions in this country). the entire period of the festival.

One and only one reason.

Poor elephants (babies) burn their feet on hot tar roads.
I want the rain to cool their feet and body.

Elephants love water, it is their play mate.