1、☆GRIEVING
dad and son, with photo of pet elephant.
2、IN
HAPPIER DAYS： Album photo of motherly
elephant pushing young Andy in his stroller.
YOUNG
Andy Conway and his dad Malcolm visit the grave site of
the little boy’s “adoptive mom,” an elephant
named Miss Molly.
3、DEATH
OF A HERO：Elephant, left, after she
rammed truck head-on, above, to save the life of her young
5-year-old human “son.”
A heartbroken little boy took a giant step toward manhood
when he said goodbye forever to the best friend he had in
the whole world — the pet elephant that gave her life
to save his!
▓Weekly
World News By MICKEY McGUIRE June
11, 1996
In an
incredible display of love, the 10-year-old pet elephant
named Miss Molly went to her death when she rammed a speeding
truck off the road only moments before it would have crushed
the life from her beloved 5-year-old master.
“I
loved Miss Molly more than anything,” anguished Andy
Conway said, bravely holding back tears that welled in his
eyes.
“And
I know she loved me, too. My daddy said she died because
she loved me.” Little Andy lives with his father Malcolm,
who operates an animal sanctuary and research center in
Queensland, Australia. Miss Molly was an orphaned Indian
elephant that came to the center when she was just 7 months
old.
Sarah.
. . Andy’'s mom. . . "died of leukemia when he
was 9 months old,”" Andy’'s dad explained.
“Miss Molly just took over. . . became Andy’'s
guardian.
“It
started right after Sarah died. I wasn’t thinking
too clearly then and I had put Andy outside in his playpen
to get a little sun and fresh air while I did a few chores
in the animal compound. It was about three hours before
I remembered that Andy was still out in the sun. I thought
I’'d find him burned to a crisp, but he was just fine.
“Miss
Molly had busted out of her pen and stood there shading
Andy from the sun. From that day on, you’'d have thought
Andy was Miss Molly’s own baby.”
As the
years passed, the bond between the boy and the elephant
became stronger and stronger. Then came the tragic day when
little Andy learned the true meaning of love.
“I
didn’t hear the truck right away,” Andy said.
“When I did, it was almost on top of me. I got real
scared.
“Miss
Molly ran right at the truck and hit it real hard. I heard
a terrible sound and I knew that Miss Molly was hurt real
bad. “She hit the truck so hard it flew off the road
and didn’t even hit me. But Miss Molly was on the
ground and blood was coming from her head.
“I
just sat there on the ground, petting her head. I was crying
real hard. And Miss Molly just lay there looking up at me.
Daddy said she was saying goodbye.
“Then
her big eyes closed like she was going to sleep. I think
that’s when she went with God. “Daddy said that
Miss Molly’s in Heaven with all the other animals
now. He said if I’'m real good when I grow up, I’'ll
see her again.”
Miss
Molly was buried in the compound, in a simple grave that
can be clearly seen from Andy’'s bedroom.
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