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The orphans relaxed in the lucerne feeding area after leaving their night stockades. The playful Roho picked on Naboishu for a strength testing exercise. A wild elephant and her baby joined the orphans as they tucked into the lucerne the Keepers were distributing. Naleku took the opportunity to engage the new wild baby in a pushing game. The baby then spotted Esoit and decided he wanted to play with him as well. He must have sensed Esoit’s playful character! When the orphans had enough lucerne, Kuishi, who is the group leader these days, led the way out to browse. Her seniors, Sana Sana, Malkia, Kamok, Kauro, Mapia, Rapa, Ndiwa and Pare, have stopped coming back at night and often they are late arriving in the morning as well, meeting up with the dependent orphans in the bush rather than at the stockades. Others who have recently said goodbye to the stockade life are Nabulu, Neshashi and Malima. Only time will tell if this is a permanent decision or not.

The orphans settled to browse east of the stockade. Kauro and Rapa arrived and joined the orphans. Kauro teamed up with quiet Larro to browse while Bondeni teamed up with Kinyei. All in all it was a peaceful morning as the orphans browsed calmly up to mud bath time when Kindani led the first group for their 11am milk feed. The orphans had their milk then Ambo, Musiara, Roho, Suguroi and Naleku decided to get in the mud bath before going to dry off on the loose soil. A group of ex-orphans showed up at the mud bath but didn't stay long. They headed north as the dependent orphans headed east, where they spent a quiet day browsing.

It was a quiet morning, as no ex-orphans showed up to join the orphans. Bondeni shared lucerne with Kinyei while Musiara teamed up with Dololo and Sagateisa. As soon as the orphans had enough to eat, Naleku, Suguroi, Olorien, Roho, and Mukkoka walked down to the water trough. Kindani led the way to the browsing field. Esoit teamed up with his elder sister Kuishi, while Jotto engaged Musiara into a strength-testing exercise. Roho played Lodo as Larro settled to browse with Neshashi. On the way to the mud bath, the orphans were joined by Turkwel and Kibo, who escorted them the rest of the way. Lualeni, Lulu, Lexi, Malima, Naserian, Njema, Sunyei, Lenana, Lapa, Siku, and Saba also converged on the scene. 

The orphans had their milk then a soil dusting exercise before heading back to the browsing field. Lapa followed Mukkoka a distance away from the mother as he engaged the bull in a strength testing exercise. Naboishu and Roho teamed up with Mukkoka, which caused Lapa to surrender and return to his mother. The orphans settled to browse along the upper side of the Kalovoto seasonal river. The clouds cleared, giving way to glorious sunshine. The high temperatures inspired Naleku, Dololo, Musiara, Kuishi, Suguroi, Sattao, and Olorien to take a break from feeding and relax under a tree instead. The orphans resumed browsing when the temperatures dropped to a favourable level.