Hey Pandas,

So you want to know the rest of the story about what happened that one night in Zimbabwe? That’s what I thought. Well then, we won’t delay it for a second longer!

So where were we? Oh yeah – the giant shadow grew bigger and bigger against our tent and we heard the strangest noises from outside. Ella and I snuck out of the tent very, very quietly. I, of course, went first, being the brave man and all…

Max, you just wanted to get out as quickly as possible! We pulled out our flashlight and caught the troublemaker in his tracks. And guess what it was…

A baby elephant! He stood right before us and made these little whimpering noises. The poor thing. I think he thought I was his mother – he looked at me a bit and then came closer and started rubbing on my paw with his giant head. He was quite a bit bigger than I am even though he’s still a baby. What on earth are we going to do with him? In any case, we couldn’t just leave him all alone.

Find his family in the middle of the Savannah? No way! Ella has some pretty crazy ideas, but this one takes the cake.

Max, how would you have felt if YOUR child went missing? You would be very happy when someone would bring it back!

MY child?? Really, Ella…even you should know that pandas can’t have elephant babies…

You’re impossible, Max. But you did have a point – we couldn’t just wander through the Africa again without a plan. It’d be much too dangerous. We woke up our safari guide and told him the situation. He reported that elephants tend only to sleep four hours and that the herd would be moving on to the next watering hole by now. He loaded us up in the jeep and we went along to the next elephant resting place.

I thought it’d be closer! We drove the rest of the night! After five hours I had almost given up hope. But as the sun was peeking over the horizon we spotted a small oasis surrounded by an elephant herd!

The baby elephant ran to the herd and immediately recognized his mother. It was so cute. Don’t you think so, Max?

I’ll admit it…it was pretty sweet.

That ends our exciting trip through Africa! We’re about to board the plane to travel to the other side of the world: Asia!

Be good Pandas,

Max and Ella