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妮尔马拉·托普诺出生在印度东部一个普通的农村家庭。她只有小学文化,甚至没出过自己的村落,但是,17岁的托普诺却有一种特异功能:能听懂象语,与大象进行语言和肢体交流。从托普诺记事起,村里的人似乎就与大象为“敌”。村民们辛辛苦苦耕种一年的庄稼,一夜之间可能就被象群踏为平地。可是,野生大象是国家一级保护动物,村民们不能屠杀,只能驱赶。从小,托普诺就对大象很好奇,她很想与大象接近。当大人们驱赶
Nerima Toprop was born in an ordinary rural home in eastern India. She has only elementary school education and has not even gone to her village, but Topsøhn, 17, has a special function: to understand idols, to communicate with elephants in language and body. From Topno’s notes, the village seems to be “enemies” with elephants. The villagers worked hard to cultivate one year’s crops and may be flattered by elephants overnight. However, the wild elephants are state-level protected animals and the villagers can not kill but can only drive away. As a child, Topno was very curious about the elephant, she wanted to close with the elephant. When grownups drive away