A Sweet Discovery
Month four brought an unexpected revelation about Dumbo’s personality—and it was absolutely adorable.
I’d had a rough morning and was running late with food prep. Instead of my usual careful apple-cutting routine (eight perfect, uniform pieces), I just hacked them up however they’d cut. Some pieces were huge, others were tiny, and everything in between.
“Sorry, Dumbo,” I called out as I tossed the mismatched apple chunks into his enclosure. “Not my finest work today.”
But then something amazing happened. I watched as Dumbo methodically sorted through all the pieces and chose the biggest one first. Then the second biggest. Then the third. He was eating them in order from largest to smallest, saving the tiny pieces for last like he was disappointed in them.
“No way,” I breathed. “You’re a size queen, aren’t you?”
The next day, I deliberately cut one apple piece extra large—like, ridiculously oversized. Dumbo’s reaction was priceless. He practically lit up when he saw it, going straight for the giant piece with what I could only describe as elephant enthusiasm.
“You like ‘em big, huh, buddy?” I laughed. “I can work with that.”
From then on, super-sized apple chunks became our thing. And let me tell you, seeing a 5-ton elephant get genuinely excited about oversized fruit was exactly the kind of joy I needed in my life.
