{"id":9764,"date":"2025-02-23T23:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T23:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/marketplace\/an-elephant-in-the-garden-inspired-by-a-true-story\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T23:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T23:10:28","slug":"an-elephant-in-the-garden-inspired-by-a-true-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/marketplace\/an-elephant-in-the-garden-inspired-by-a-true-story\/","title":{"rendered":"An Elephant in the Garden: Inspired by a True Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Market Place -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4166091270\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>Lizzie and Karl&#8217;s mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don&#8217;t run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. 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