IfGoGo.com» Stories about friendship

Love knows no limits :-)

Yu Zhiding — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:52:52 +0000

This is a real, touching story. The video comes from youtube and has been viewed for nealy six million times. The lion, named Christian, was adopted by two young men living in Britain and then released back to the reserve area in Kenya. This video documented their reunification, also their final goodbye after several years in 1974.

Christian on Youku

On YouTube, there's more information:

"Many thanks to The Sunday Times (27-07-08) & TimesOnline

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news...

for covering the story and for linking to my video.

To see the whole amazing story, buy the full dvd at http://www.bornfree.org.uk/shop/acata... and help The Born Free Foundation save more wildlife.

There's also more info at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christia...

Christian left the Kora Reserve in 1973. He made his new territory along the Tana river, but when the Wakamba herdsmen kept bringing their livestock to his hunting ground, he moved on. George Adamson said in his autobiography, "I used to count the days on which we hadn't seen Christian, but when they reached 97, I gave up recording them in my diary." Because a lion can live from 12 to 15 years in the wild, Adamson believed that Christian ended his days in the Meru National Reserve only a few miles up river.

As for the two guys, the Born Free Foundation tells me that Anthony "Ace" Bourke (referred to as Ace "Berg" on YouTube) lives in Australia as a lecturer and expert in the area of Aboriginal Art, and John Rendall lives in the UK and is a Trustee of the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust.

Anyone wishing to donate to the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust can do so by contacting one of the following....

George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust
16a Park View Road
London
N3 2JB
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8343 4246
Fax: +44 (0)20 8343 4048
info@georgeadamson.org

The Tony Fitzjohn/George Adamson
African Wildlife Preservation Trust
Georgianna Pennington Regnier
116 La Patera Drive
Camarillo
CA 93010
USA
+1 805 987 0997 "

As the video says, love knows no limits and true friendships last a lifetime.

We are Bound by a Golden Thread Called Friendship

haiyuan wang — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:23:47 +0000

　　Dear fellows, I’d like to begin my article with heartfelt gratitude to our administrator, Mr. Guo. Without his painstaking efforts, this website would not have come into being, and we, people from different parts of the world, would not be able to meet each other online, either. The cyberspace, just like a long and lovely thread, binds people of common interests together. Owing to its development, we now can post writings, exchange ideas and get enlightenment in this wonderful garden. With the passage of time, there lies the possibility that we could establish closer relationships here. “If you have friends who know your heart, distance can not keep you apart”, as an old saying goes.

　　To speak of Mr. Guo, I cannot help but recall the wonderful story of him. If my memory serves me right, two years ago, I happened to visit awflasher.com, and got to know its designer, whose inexhaustible passion, infinite ingenuity, and immeasurable expertise touched me immensely, and urged me to make friends with that talented guy. Luckily, I managed to have his QQ number and chatted with him on and off via the Internet. No matter how busy he was, Mr. Guo treated me with great patience and kindness every time I asked him some technical questions. Therefore, from the past till present, I do believe that he is the kind of person in whom you can have confidence, a person to whom you can turn for help, and a person from whom you can learn a lot. It is true that we are still not bosom friends, yet I enjoy being an ordinary net friend of him, just as another statement declares, “Subtle friendship is true; subtle greetings are enough; subtle love is tender; subtle longing is deep;subtle wishes come from the bottom of your heart.”

　　Admittedly, there is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit. On the way towards seeking knowledge and truth, I am filled with happiness since I have got so many people to travel all along with me , though our final destinations might not be the same. Thank you for being my friend!