Mac Gregor lives in Las Nieves - Caracas - Venezuela, in a small colonial house with red roofs with his wife Tirsa and their two children Yeison and Samara. He works at the Caricuao park, he is a young animal lover.
Despite being an environmental guide, he also likes to take care of them, he is always looking after all the animals, he brings them food and washes the space for each one of them. In the afternoon, before returning home, he checks each of the sectors: the monkey forest, the bird life with beautiful swans, herons, flamingos and all kinds of birds that coexist in a large open-air lagoon. The African part where we can taste elephants, hippopotamus, buffaloes, among others. The South American zone with incredible horses, foxes, tapirs, among other species. Not forgetting the rings where Orinoco and Mississippi alligators, turtles, morrocoyos, macaws, parakeets and parrots live. The impressive feline area where we find African lions, pumas, panthers, jaguars, Bengal tigers, although his favorites were the Petronila and Guacundo elephants.
Mac Gregor is characterized by being very friendly and cordial, he attends visitors with a gesture of kindness and a smile on his face, one of his functions is to tell the history of the animals and instruct how they can be treated, he has ease in communicating with each species.
People visit this place for its beautiful vegetation that is lung and oxygen for the animals, workers and visitors. People walk freely through the park, have fun and give food to the animals, which they sell at the park.
One day, Mc Gregor entered the enclosure where the elephant couple was, he started to give Petronila some affection, suddenly he felt that her belly started to move, he saw the situation very strange, so he called the park's veterinarian. When the doctor arrived, he checked Petronila, he diagnosed that the elephant was pregnant, he said:
"she is too young to be pregnant, so it is a high risk pregnancy, she must have top quality care, normally her gestation lasts 22 months, they only have one birth, we must be vigilant".
From then on Mac Gregor took care of Petronila with great dedication, even staying overnight in the park offices to supervise her pregnancy. Months passed and the young man took care of her. Early one morning, Mac was strolling through the park when he heard some very loud screams, thought it was Petronila and ran to the place in question. When he arrived he found the elephant lying on the ground writhing in pain, he phoned the vet:
"please come quickly, I think Petronila has gone into labor pains".
The vet with an astonished face and the handset in his hand tells her:
"I happen to be in the office, give me a few minutes to pick up the equipment and I'll be right over".
The vet grabbed his briefcase, got into his car, arrived at the park, approached the elephant, checked her over and said to Mac Gregor:
"Indeed Petronila is giving birth beforehand, I tell you this is the first time I attend an elephant birth, I'm going to need your help".
Mac Gregor with a monkey face stammered and said:
"My God, if there is no other choice, I have to do it."
So the two of them went to Petronila's delivery, the labor lasted two hours, as it was a bit complicated but she gave birth. The veterinarian exhausted by the whole delivery tells Mac Gregor:
"you must feed the mother well, she is very weak, also give food to the little elephant".
Mac Gregor, exhausted from helping the vet, replies:
"In a little while I will give them both water and some food to feed them".
The vet said goodbye and went home. Mc Gregor arrived home, greeted his wife and children, took a shower, ate because he was very tired and went to sleep. Worried about the baby elephant, he woke up and went to the park, checked all the animals, realized that the baby elephant was in perfect health, but Petronila was lying down. Mac Gregor, very worried about the mother elephant, called the veterinarian to come to the park. The vet checked the elephant and said:
"Petronila passed away."
Mac Gregor, very hurt with the loss of Petronila, hugged the baby elephant and said:
"now I will take good care of you, you will be called Coconut".
Mac Gregor took care of Coconut as if he were his own son, he played with him, he took Yeison and Samara to have fun playing with Coconut, it was a delight to see the three of them, they looked like blood brothers. The children would ride on Coconut's back for him to ride them, it looked like they were princes of India riding his Royal elephant.
One night Mac Gregor was at home sharing dinner with his wife and children, suddenly there was a phone call, Mac answered the call, it was his boss:
"good evening, I'm calling to tell you that there was a robbery in the park, they took some metal structures and the baby elephant."
Mac Gregor took his hands to his head in shock, his wife asks him:
"Love, what's wrong with you?"
He stunned, without almost pronouncing words, answers her:
"they stole Coconut".
Yeison eating dinner from the table says to his father:
"daddy, we must look in the circuses, they surely took him to be the center of attraction of the show".
Mac Gregor, grabbed the keys, got in the car with his two sons. He left in search of a circus where Coconut could be found, they spent the whole night driving around visiting every circus that had been installed in the city. Almost at 11:00 p.m. the children were tired, they were on their way back home, they passed by the New Circus, a building built in 1954. The children saw Coconut was asleep, standing on a truck. The children got excited, they started shouting:
"Coconut, Coconut wake up, it's us!"
Coconut woke up and started screaming and moving his paws, as if he was dancing:
"Bruuuuuu, bruuuuuuuuuu, bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Mac Gregor, full of much excitement, turned around in his car down the Avenue, said to his son:
"Yeison grab the cell phone, call 911 and put in the report that we found Coconut."
The boy obediently did as his father suggested, the police arrived and the zoo chief arrested the owner of the circus for kidnapping the elephant, the police chief said:
:
"This little elephant can't be here, he must be in his habitat, please arrange the papers to take him where he belongs".
Yeison and Samara were very sad, they wanted Coconut to stay in the park, their father explained:
"My children, imagine for a moment that I had you in a place where only me and your mother would visit you.Is that good?"
The very sad children answered with a shake of their heads.
" no" Their father continued explaining:
"so it is the same with Coconut he must go to Africa that is where the herd is".
The next day they arranged all the documentation, hired a truck to take Coconut. Mac Grergor, Yeison and the girl were very happy to say goodbye to their great friend and brother Coconut.
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