A Foolproof Distraction Strategy

The villagers took about half an hour to huddle up and come up with a way to get her away from the hole. After all that digging, they assumed she had to be hungry, but apparently nothing so far had been tempting enough to make her pause. So what did they do? They rolled in trucks packed with the elephant’s all time favorite snacks.

Bananas, sugarcane, the whole irresistible buffet, they gathered a spread no elephant in her right mind would ignore. The idea was easy and pretty smart: use the food as a distraction, and she’d hopefully wander off for a quick bite. Great plan in theory, but the hard part was making it work without everything going sideways.