The blind baby elephant wouldn’t let any human near him! Then a grieving black dog entered the room-and the vet quietly reached for the emergency syringe…

the living barrier that told a calf the dark did not have teeth. During Finn’s first nights outside, Erin set up a raised cot for Boone under the shelter and banked hay deep against the wall for the calf.

Boone ignored the cot.

He circled Finn once, pawed the hay flat, and lay down against the curve of the calf’s spine. The first time Finn felt him continue reading …