My friends all know that I love a great animal story, and this story is so wonderful! My friend Diana sent this to me, coincidently, after we’d been chatting about how wonderful friends are, and how some people bring you up, and others bring you down.
This story touches me because the pictures show how the Orangutan holds on to his friend. He teaches us that we need to hold on to our friends, and that we need to go out of our way to do things that we might not normally do if it means helping the friendship.
Life, with friends, has a whole new level of meaning for us because we learn new dimensions of our character by being with friends.
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After losing his parents, this 3 year old orangutan was so depressed he wouldn't eat and didn't respond to any medical treatments. The veterinarians thought he would surely die from sadness. The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the grounds in the park at the zoo where the orangutan lived and took the dog to the animal treatment center. The dog arrived at the same time the orangutan was there being treated. The 2 lost souls met and have been inseparable ever since.
The orangutan found a new reason to live and each always tries his best to be a good companion to his new found friend. They are together 24 hours a day in all their activities.
They live in Northern California where swimming is their favorite past time, although Roscoe (the orangutan) is a little afraid of the water and needs his friend's help to swim.
Together they have discovered the joy and laughter in life and the value of friendship.
They have found more than a friendly shoulder to lean on.
Long Live Friendship!!!!!!!
Thank You for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI Volunteer at a Zoo and today,had a heart touching moments with a couple of orangutans,
eye contact, we had our faces and hands against each other thru the glass.Felt like a Real Blessing :.)