Bella couldn’t be happier when the winter break came around. For the rest of the world it was summer, but it was break-time nonetheless. She has two classes every Monday, but it meant that she was home 6 days of the week. As always, Ithemba welcomed her with opened arms. From the time she walked drove through the gates, her suitcases in the trunk of the car, she heard the squeaky trumpeting shout of Kandula. The little elephant seemed to have sensed that she was home; or perhaps Bella was just imagining things. What she didn’t imagine, however, was the little giggles as the girls frolicked in the grass with the kittens of Ithemba. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Just two little girls playing with actual domesticated kittens. There was a lot planned for this “summer” at Ithemba. The new elephant enclosure had to be built. One massive enough to contain Kandula comfortably as she grew. They would work steadfastly on their intern programme, so that it was up and running by next year. There were already quite a lot of students interested in studying at Ithemba. Perhaps Ollie’s influence had something to do with it. The “adoption” programme had yet to be official, but that was also in the works. It would be incredible for funding. Adoptive families would send money for research in exchange for updates on their animal, and visitation rights. Bella had to thank Isa’s teasing remark about adopting one of their first cheetah kittens for that. Per Belie’s suggestion, observation towers had already been set up, which meant that technically Nathan and Bella could start bringing in behavioral scientists and the like. However, they still had yet to complete the living quarters. It was incredible how big Ithema was getting. Honestly, Bella wondered if they could handle it, but first thing was first: greeting her family and spending her first day home with her husband and kids.
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