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The orphans were joined by the ex-orphans and wild elephants for the feeding of lucerne in the morning. Three wild dogs showed up briefly at a distance from the stockade and ran towards the south. Mayan settled to scratch on a nearby rock when he felt that he had enough of lucerne. Kuishi had a brief interaction with Orwa and they later left together. Kuishi appeared to have delegated the duties of taking care of Esoit to Larro. The Keepers tried to call Kuishi to join her colleagues, but Kuishi wasn't interested as she wanted to spend the day with her seniors. The Keepers respected her decision and stopped bothering her with their calls. 

At the browsing field, Vaarti settled to browse with Larro and Esoit while Lodo, Roho, and Mayan browsed a distance away from their colleagues. The sun was hot, and the orphans browsed calmly and slowly as they headed towards the mud bath. At eleven o'clock in the morning, the orphans arrived at the mud bath and had their milk before getting into the water for a wallowing exercise. Kinyei, Mukkoka, Sattao, Bondeni, and Mayan skipped the wallowing exercise and headed straight to drink water. Their colleagues headed for a soil dusting exercise soon after wallowing. 

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. Bondeni attempted to push Mayan, but Mayan didn't take it lightly, so he turned and defended himself fiercely. Their fight was stopped by Mukkoka, who happened to pass close by and warned the boys to stop fighting by pushing both of them in separate directions. 

In the evening, Kindani led the way back to the stockade. Kuishi, who had arrived back an hour earlier with the group of ex-orphans, joined her bedmates Mukkoka and Sattao in getting into the stockade for yet another night.

Orwa and Mteto arrived at the stockade compound early before dawn and decided to wait until morning to share lucerne with the orphans. At six o'clock in the morning, the orphans had their milk before walking out to start their day. Only one wild bull showed up in the morning and joined the orphans in feeding on lucerne. The orphans enjoyed each moment of lucerne feeding since there wasn't any competition. After the orphans had enough lucerne, Larro led the way to the browsing field. 

The day turned out to be a hot one. Kindani mostly concentrated on peeling bark from trees using her small tusks. Lodo had a disagreement with Suguroi over a branch broken by a wild elephant that they found fallen on the ground. Lodo decided to surrender when Suguroi threatened to fight him. 

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Olorien led the first group to the mud bath. The sun was hot, and soon after getting their milk, the orphans jumped into the mud for a cooling-off exercise. Only Sattao boycotted the wallowing exercise by dodging and disappearing without the Keepers' knowledge. The orphans had a spectacular wallowing and thereafter headed for a soil dusting exercise. 

In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse west of Ithumba Hill. The sun was still hot, prompting the orphans to take a break from feeding and relax under trees for some time before resuming browsing. In the evening, the orphans passed by the roadside mud bath to cool off before heading back to the stockades.

The sky was partly obscured by clouds when the orphans left the stockade and settled for lucerne. A good number of ex-orphans and wild elephants showed up for the morning lucerne feeding. Lodo had a brief conversation with Orwa, while Naleku teamed up with Mambo before they parted ways. Naleku walked to greet Lisha but was blocked by Lili. Kinyei, Kindani, and Bondeni walked down to the water trough to join Naboishu and his friend Sana Sana, who were drinking water. 

Once the orphans had enough lucerne, Suguroi led the way to the browsing field. The orphans settled to browse in the Kone area. Due to the persisting drought, the orphans focused on browsing to ensure they had enough to fill their stomachs before the day ended. The orphans browsed calmly until mud bath time, when Vaarti led the first group to the mud bath. Olare, Ola, Nabulu, Lenana, and Lapa joined the second group on the way to the mud bath and walked past the milk-feeding area to avoid disrupting the event. 

The temperatures were moderate, and only Lodo, Roho, Kindani, Suguroi, Naleku, and Larro fully participated in the wallowing exercise. Six wild bulls arrived at the water trough and were politely requested by the Keepers to give way for the orphans to drink. The wild bulls stepped back and allowed the orphans to quench their thirst. After having enough water, the orphans enjoyed a soil-dusting session before heading back to the browsing field.

In the afternoon, Kuishi teamed up with Esoit and Roho for browsing. Vaarti and Mayan browsed at a distance from their colleagues but rejoined them later as they returned to the stockade.