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Nasalot, Nusu, Noah, Nala, Naleku, Suguroi, Musiara, and a wild elephant showed up in the morning and joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. Esoit, Kindani, and Olorien settled to scratch on nearby rocks.

After the orphans had enough lucerne, Choka led the way to the browsing field. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Roho, Mayan, Lodo, and Olorien visited Kone dam and had water before rejoining their colleagues in browsing. Choka teamed up with Mukutan in browsing while Weka settled to browse with Shujaa.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the orphans were joined by Kuishi, Sattao, and Larro. Esoit was happy to reunite with his former friend Kuishi. They browsed together and had a lot to catch up on.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Larro and Kuishi escorted the orphans to the noon bottle feeds. After the orphans had their milk, Lodo, Loldaiga, Roho, Mayan, and Vaarti jumped into the wallowing water while the rest of the team settled for a soil dusting exercise.

Shortly later, Nasalot, Nala, Noah, Nusu, Naleku, Suguroi, and Musiara passed by and left with Kuishi and Larro.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. Weka teamed up with Esoit while Mayan browsed with his friend Vaarti.

In the evening, the orphans settled to browse in a swampy area. Weka, Loldaiga, Mageno, and Kitich used the swampy water for cooling off by splashing it behind their ears.

At five o'clock in the evening, Shujaa led the way back to the stockade and was midway overtaken by Weka. On the way back, Jotto joined the queue and escorted the orphans back to the stockade.

Sattao, Kuishi, and Larro joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne in the morning. Shujaa shared his pile of lucerne with Olorien and later the two took part in a soil dusting exercise. Muwingu scratched her itching belly on a nearby rock while Kitich held a brief meeting with Sattao.

Bondeni engaged Vaarti in a light pushing game while Kuishi and Kinyei walked down to the water trough for a drink. Shortly later, Kuishi escorted the orphans to the browsing field. Roho lagged behind with Larro and Sattao before running to catch up with the others.

Vaarti settled to browse with Bondeni while Kindani and Kinyei had a brief soil dusting exercise before resuming. Olorien browsed with Shujaa and appeared to be developing a fondness for him.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Kindani led the way to the midday bottle feeds. After their milk, the orphans jumped into the wallowing water and then returned to the browsing field.

In the afternoon, they settled to browse at Kanziku area. Mayan browsed with Lodo while the rest scattered across the bushes enjoying the lush vegetation.

At five o'clock in the evening, Mageno led the way back to the stockade.

The orphans had their milk at six o'clock in the morning. The gates were opened and the orphans walked out nonchalantly and settled for lucerne. Mukutan shared his pile of lucerne with Lodo, while Kinyei and Mageno settled to scratch against the stockade compound wall.

After having enough lucerne, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Kitich settled to browse with Mukutan while Bondeni engaged Loldaiga in a pushing game. Mageno settled to browse with Olorien, while Mayan, Roho, Kinyei, and Lodo visited the Kone dam to drink water.

Shortly later, Mayan engaged Choka in a strength testing exercise, while Vaarti, Bondeni, Kindani, Weka, and Shujaa took a break from browsing to have fun rolling on the ground.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the orphans were joined by Kuishi, Larro, Sattao, and Musiara. The ex-orphans escorted the orphans to their noon bottle feeds and thereafter settled for wallowing. Roho engaged Sattao briefly in a strength testing exercise before joining the others in a soil dusting exercise.

It was only after the soil dusting exercise that Kuishi, Sattao, Larro, and Musiara decided to part ways with the orphans. The orphans headed north while the ex-orphans went south. The orphans then settled to browse at the upper Kalovoto seasonal river.

A male kudu emerged from the nearby bushes, and for a moment the orphans tensed before Mageno, Loldaiga, Esoit, and Choka began trumpeting in an attempt to scare it away. The kudu disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared, leaving the orphans briefly in a charging mood. Moments later, they calmed down and resumed browsing.

At five o'clock in the evening, Weka led the way back to the stockade for another night.

Esoit settled to scratch on a nearby rock close to the lucerne feeding venue immediately after leaving the stockade. Kuishi, Sattao, Larro, and Musiara arrived and joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. As soon as Roho saw Sattao, he walked towards him, and when they met, the two boys locked trunks in a fight. Shortly later, Musiara intervened and separated them.

Once the orphans had enough lucerne, Choka led the way to the browsing field. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Mayan teamed up with Olorien in browsing while Kinyei took a break to play on the ground before resuming.

Esoit took a break from browsing to engage Mukutan in a pushing game, while Mageno came across a nice rock that he used to scratch his itching belly. Lodo scratched his ear against a tree as Weka settled to browse with her friend Shujaa.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Muwingu led the way to the noon bottle feeds. Soon after the orphans had their milk, Loldaiga led the team into wallowing.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse at Kanziku area. The sun was hot, prompting them to take a break from browsing and rest under trees with good shade until the temperatures dropped to a favourable level.

At five o'clock in the evening, Weka led the way back to the stockade for another night.

Mulika, Mwende, Mala, Moe, Jotto, Musiara, Sattao, Kuishi, and Larro joined the orphans in the morning for feeding on lucerne. Kitich challenged Larro in a pushing game. Larro was not pleased to be challenged by a younger boy and used all her strength to try and defeat him, but Kitich held his ground. The game went on for quite some time and eventually ended in a draw.

Weka challenged Mala and went further to knock her down. Mala screamed for help, prompting Mulika and Mwende to come running to see what had happened. Sensing trouble, Weka quickly moved away from the scene to avoid their reaction.

When the orphans had enough lucerne, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area, where they were joined again by Kuishi, Sattao, Larro, and Musiara. The morning remained calm as they browsed steadily while making their way towards the mud bath.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, the orphans had their milk and then jumped into the wallowing water. Mulika’s family passed by heading west and did not interact with the group. After wallowing, Kinyei led a soil dusting exercise, after which Olorien led the way back to the browsing field.

The orphans later settled to browse at Kanziku area. Shujaa and Weka scratched against one tree while Bondeni and Kindani shared another. Lodo teamed up with Roho and Olorien, and the trio split from the main herd for a time before rejoining the others as they prepared to return.

At five o'clock in the evening, Weka led the way back to the stockade.

Mulika, Mwende, Moe, Mala, and Jotto arrived at the stockade compound early before the orphans were let out. At six o'clock in the morning, the orphans had their milk, then Mageno led the way out. Lucerne was distributed and all settled for it.

Shortly later, Yatta, Yoyo, Yogi, Yara, Kinna, Kama, Kaia, and Kito showed up, and there was trumpeting and bellowing from Mulika’s family as they welcomed Yatta and Kinna’s families. After the excitement was over, Yoyo shared his pile of lucerne with Weka as Moe engaged Mukutan in a friendly match. Kitich played with Kindani while Esoit and Shujaa settled to scratch on nearby rocks.

After the orphans had enough lucerne, Lodo led the way to the browsing field, while the ex-orphans remained behind for some time before heading west. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area. Bondeni, Lodo, and Weka visited the Kone dam for water and thereafter resumed browsing. Muwingu teamed up with Loldaiga and Roho, while Kitich teamed up with Shujaa.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the orphans were joined by Sattao, Musiara, Kuishi, and Larro. At eleven o'clock, the ex-orphans escorted the orphans to their noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, the orphans jumped into the wallowing water and had a spectacular wallow before quitting to participate in a soil dusting exercise.

Mukutan engaged Larro in a pushing game that did not last long, while Kitich played with Choka. After the mud bath activities, the orphans headed east of the mud bath, while Roho teamed up with Sattao, Kuishi, Larro, and Musiara and headed north. Later, Roho changed his mind and withdrew from the group, walking back to catch up with his colleagues at Kanziku area.

In the afternoon, Esoit took a break from browsing to engage Vaarti in a pushing game that ended in a draw.

At five o'clock in the evening, Mageno led the way back to the stockade.

The orphans woke up in a joyful mood, expressed by swinging their trunks sideways as they walked out to settle for the morning lucerne. Shujaa, Bondeni, and Roho took some time off from feeding to scratch against the stockade wall.

As soon as the orphans had enough of lucerne, Muwingu led the way to the browsing field. Kitich settled to browse with Weka, while Bondeni browsed with Mayan, Vaarti, and Mukutan. Kinyei developed an itching ear and scratched against a baobab tree.

Lodo visited the Kone dam and was joined by Choka, Esoit, and Olorien. After they had enough water, Lodo led them back to join their colleagues.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Mageno led the way to the noon bottle feeds. After having their milk, the orphans were joined by Yatta, Yoyo, Yogi, Yara, Galana, Gawa, Gala, Kinna, Kama, Kaia, Kito, Nasalot, Nusu, Noah, Nala, Suguroi, Naleku, Mundusi, Kuishi, Sattao, and two wild elephants.

Esoit spent some time interacting with Kuishi, while Choka interacted with Kito, Yara, and Kaia. The interaction ended when Choka attempted to bully Kito, and Kinna intervened by chasing Choka away.

Shortly later, the ex-orphans and their families parted ways with the orphans and headed north. The orphans headed west of Ithumba Hill, where they settled to browse for the remaining part of the day. They browsed calmly without any major observation.

In the evening, Weka led the way back to the stockade.