"Polar Bear - Peace"
I just saw a documentary in the tv "Animal's Planet". It was about a baby polar bear, her name was "Peace". She was an abandoned baby. So the 1st day of her life she has been handraised by the zookeeper "H".
H brought her home everyday and take care of her as if she was his own baby. He has taken the job of Peace's mummy. Peace was SOOO noisy, and so naughty. But.. she was SOOOO cute. H brings Peace jogging and play with her all the time. In the midnight, H woke up every 3 hours just to feed her milk while the period she wasn't gaining weight. And searched for the best diet for Peace.
And on the 110 days. H decided to leave her in the zoo for overnight. Because Peace can't stay in his house as she's growing fast and she need to use to the night in zoo that she was going to spent rest of her life there. The first night, Peace cried til she lost her voice. H could do nothing for that.
Day by day, Peace getting lesser nights that she cried herself to sleep. And soon another challege for H was, Peace have to learn to swim as summer was about to come. Peace must learn to swim to keep herself cool. For days, Peace struggled, H threw her down to water with the special bait in his hand that Peace loved so much, M.I.L.K - MILK! Peace bited H once during the swimming lesson. H slapped her, sounded her and stare into her eyes. Peace realized that she did something wrong and hurted H. She kept quiet and sit in the water. (the pool was very shallow)
And after weeks, finally Peace paddled well and swim in the pool which the water level was over polarhead. (i mean overhead). Cool!~
Years gone by, Peace growing fatter and fatter, and she is now 5 yrs old and she over 200 over pounds, she's now taller than H alot.
During these 5 yrs, H take care of her everyday and there are ups and down... countless challenges, happened between H and Peace, even H's family. Every year they celebrate Peace's birthday with her. H's wife, and his 2 kids.
The love between H and Peace were so great. But what grabbed me most was when H said, Peace was growing and gaining weight all these years, she did change alot. But what didn't change was her eyes. H could read her through her eyes, he knows if she's relax, intimidated, happy, sad and how she feel. And i think that's very true.
I once heard of a quote, "Eye's are the window to a soul." And I think not only for human, but any living creatures with "eyes'.