Electrocution

Back in the country house now. We passed a big elephant on the way.

The Thais love their elephants. A couple of years ago, an elephant got stuck in an electric fence and died. The farmer, who set up the fence to keep elephants out, was tossed into jail!

When we drive up we often see elephants. I'm not scared but Poo is terrified, especially of this one giant elephant with a broken trunk.

"He is a wild, angry elephant who always want to attack! Sometimes elephants get like that," she says, "you're the Science teacher--look it up!"

I think she's right. Allegedly he broke his tusk by attacking a truck.

So, when we saw the big elephant, I was relieved to see two full tusks.

"Oh, the big, scary elephant with the broken tusk died already!" said Poo.

"Really, how?"

"Electrocution. He got stuck in an electric fence."

"Again? Did they throw the farmer in jail, like they did to that other farmer?" I asked.

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because that other farmer built an electric fence to keep the elephants OUT, but this farmer built an electric fence to keep his cows IN."