大象是世上最聪明的物种之一,他们跟人类一样情感丰富,从伤痛到快乐各种情绪通通都有。因此,家庭对他们来说,也非常重要。小象Me-Bai与她的妈妈Mae Yui失散的遭遇,正是这种会让你痛哭流涕的辛酸故事。
![Photographed here at about a week old, it was only three and a half years later that Me-Bai was taken captive by her kidnappers.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433132.jpg)
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照片中的小象宝宝才一周大,没想到3年半后,她就被绑架了!被绑架后的几年,小象失去了自由,更被虐待驯化,利用关牢笼的方法让她臣服于观光集团不肖商人的迫害下。
三年多的期间,观光客付钱乘坐在小象身上,深不知为了拍照体验之乐,换来的却是大象无尽的眼泪。
![For more than three years, tourists paid for rides on the young elephant, likely unaware of the mistreatment she suffered for their photo ops.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433140.jpg)
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小象脱离母亲后,往往忧郁到食欲大受影响。最后当小象瘦到人类再也无法压榨的地步,就会把他释放到大象自然公园 (Elephant Nature Park) 寻找庇护。
自从小象Me-Bai退出观光界后,保护人员便开始帮助她恢复元气,等到健康状态稳定后,就带着她走完最后一趟…回家!
![Officially retired from the trekking industry, caretakers began rehabilitating Me-Bai's strength and, when she was well enough, brought her out for one more long hike...](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433136.jpg)
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经过追踪,工作人员发现她妈妈住在离保护区60多里 (约97公里) 的地方。
![The workers discovered her mother was living only a little over 60 miles away from their facility.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433143.jpg)
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与Mae Yui的主人一番协商后,终于让这对母女有重聚的机会。
![After negotiations with Mae Yui's owners, they were given permission to finally reunite the mother and daughter.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433139.jpg)
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这段长途跋涉总共花了4天的时间,但最终保育者总算见证了Me-Bai与母亲在丛林中相认的那一刻。
![The long journey took Me-Bai and her caretakers four days to reach the jungle where her mother was waiting for her.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433134.jpg)
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起初,母女双方都不知道会有这么意想不到的惊喜。
当妈妈与小孩两眼对望的那一刹那,时间似乎静止了,取代惊讶的是欢聚的感动。
![When the little-big family saw each other for the first time in years, they seemed to be in silent shock.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433149.jpg)
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这对母女起初前30分钟一点动静也没有,安静地对望着,似乎还没反应过来。
![They spent the about thirty minutes simply staring at each other, apprehensively processing whether what they thought was happening was <em>really happening</em>.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433147.jpg)
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当他们发现这突如其来的喜讯并不是一场空梦,就开始不停的对话、拥抱与亲暱地缠绕彼此的象鼻。
![But once the reality sunk in, they began babbling with each other, hugging, and affectionately linking their trunks together like no time had passed.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433145.jpg)
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Mai Yui的主人看了这个家庭重聚的画面,十分感动。同时,他也非常认同庇护所的「宠爱厚皮类动物」计划,因此同意一并释放母象妈妈,放她们自由。
![Moved by their family bond, and impressed by the sanctuary's "<a href="http://www.elephantnaturepark.org/enp/en/visit-volunteer/projects/viewproperty/pamper-a-pachyderm-full-day-visit/44?thisProperty=44" target="_blank">Pamper a Pachyderm</a>" program, Mae Yui's owner agreed to go one step further and allowed her to be fully released from the trekking business.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433151.jpg)
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母女表达满满爱意的互动,真的非常动人!
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来源:The Dodo
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