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Choka, Mukutan, and Loldaiga headed straight to the water trough soon after getting their morning milk. After taking enough water, the three boys joined their colleagues in feeding on lucerne.

Shortly later, Galana’s family and Wendi’s group checked in and also joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. Later, the Queens' family, which is a wild herd, arrived and settled to enjoy the lucerne with the rest of the group. Kuishi, Sattao, Larro, and Mukkoka were the last ones to show up in the morning after their night adventures.

On the way to the browsing field, the orphans met Challa and Orwa. The orphans raised their trunks in greeting to the two ex-orphans, then continued their journey to the browsing field. Choka came across a nice tree that he used to scratch his belly. The orphans settled to browse at Kone area.

Wild dogs passing through the area caused tension among the orphans. The orphans didn’t charge but ran to the Keepers. The Keepers shouted at the dogs, who ran away heading east.

At mud bath time, the orphans were briefly joined by Kinna, Kama, Kaia, Lenana, Lapa, Laki, and several wild bulls. Vaarti and Mayan picked on Kaia to play with, but they were blocked by Kama.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Since the sun was still hot, the orphans took a break from feeding and relaxed under trees until the temperatures dropped to a favourable level.

In the evening, the orphans were joined by Sapalan, who later escorted them back to the stockade.

The orphans settled for lucerne soon after leaving the stockade in the morning. Mutara’s group, the Queens' family, Kitirua, Melia, Milo, and Orwa showed up and joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. Kuishi, Sattao, Mukkoka, and Larro reported later when the orphans were preparing to leave for browsing. Mukutan had a pushing game with Mambo. Mambo surrendered when he sensed that he would lose to Mukutan.

The orphans settled to browse at Kone area, where Loldaiga, Kindani, Roho, Bondeni, and Mukkoka settled for a soil dusting exercise before starting to browse. Mukutan teamed up with Choka in browsing, while Kuishi took Esoit a distance away from their colleagues. Later, Roho had a strength-testing exercise with Mukkoka that ended when Roho surrendered. Mayan settled to browse with Kinyei, while Sattao joined Loldaiga, Mukutan, and Choka in browsing.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, Olorien led the first group to the mud bath, while Vaarti led the second one. The sun was so hot that the orphans jumped into the wallowing water immediately after taking their milk.

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. The sun was still hot, and the orphans decided to take a break from browsing and relaxed under a tree. Shortly later, Kuishi decided to play a trick on the Keepers when she saw them eating lunch under another tree. Kuishi took Esoit, Loldaiga, Mukutan, and Choka with her and headed to the mud bath. On the way, Kuishi and her team were joined by the ex-orphans. Loldaiga, Mukutan, and Choka abandoned Kuishi and Esoit and joined the ex-orphans. Luckily enough, the ex-orphans were heading towards the stockade.

Immediately, the Keepers started searching for the missing ones. They already knew that Kuishi must have taken them, as she’s the only one who can convince Esoit to go anywhere away from the group. At four o’clock in the evening, Mukutan, Loldaiga, and Choka arrived at the stockade in the company of Kinna, Yatta, and Mulika’s family. The three boys stood outside the stockade, requesting someone to open the gate for them. Esoit and Kuishi were located close to the mud bath, just relaxing under a tree.

In the evening, the stockade was flooded by a total of 120 wild elephants and ex-orphans coming for water.

Only Orwa, Tomboi, and two wild elephants showed up in the morning for the feeding of lucerne. Two buffaloes arrived later, and one of the brave ones settled to share water with a wild elephant. The orphans stayed longer at the stockade compound simply because there was no competition or intimidation from the two ex-orphans and the two wild bulls. Once they had enough lucerne, the orphans, led by Naleku, headed straight to the browsing field.

Naleku, Bondeni, Kindani, Kinyei, and Vaarti began their day by participating in a morning soil-dusting exercise. Bondeni walked to a nearby rock and settled in to scratch his belly. Around ten o’clock in the morning, the orphans passed by Kone Dam and played in the drying mud before heading for their noon bottle feeds. After getting their milk, the orphans wallowed and later enjoyed a soil-dusting session before returning to the browsing field.

In the afternoon, Roho browsed with Kinyei, while Kindani came across a suitable tree and used it to scratch his itching ear. Lodo, Mayan, Vaarti, Olorien, Choka, Mukutan, Loldaiga, and Esoit took a break from feeding to relax under a tree, sheltering from the scorching sun. They later resumed browsing once the temperatures dropped to a more favourable level.

In the evening, Mayan led the way back to the stockades.

Challa, Orwa, Bomani, two wild bulls, and Kilaguni, the long-distance traveller, arrived at the stockade compound early before dawn. The orphans were let out in the morning soon after getting their milk. Lucerne was distributed and shared among the elephants.

Olorien ran into trouble with Orwa when she attempted to take his share. Orwa threw a back kick at Olorien, but luckily, it didn’t land on her. Olorien managed to get what she wanted and then walked away from Orwa. Kilaguni shared his pile of lucerne with the ever-active Suguroi, while Challa shared his with Roho. Kinyei settled to scratch on a nearby rock. Roho and Lodo had a morning strength-testing exercise, while Vaarti played with his friend Mayan.

The orphans were escorted to the browsing field by Bomani, who later disappeared to an undisclosed location. They settled to browse in the Kone area. Later, the orphans browsed calmly as they slowly headed toward the mud bath.

At eleven o’clock in the morning, the temperatures were moderate. The orphans jumped into the wallowing water soon after taking their milk. Later, they settled for a soil dusting exercise. In the afternoon, Choka played with Loldaiga, while Suguroi teamed up with Olorien to browse. Roho played with Bondeni, while Esoit played with Mayan.

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