As we talk, Murugan, one of Davidar’s assistants, comes in wearing a big smile. “Rivaldo is in the neighborhood. Someone saw him last evening.” The tusker stopped his regular visits after Davidar’s illness and hasn’t come to Cheetal Walk for the past three weeks. “If Mark was around, he would be in the veranda, waiting impatiently for Rivaldo,” says Naseer. While in Cheetal Walk, the bull spent a considerable amount of time standing in the front yard listening to Davidar. Naseer even once witnessed a tug of war between man and elephant for a plastic chair. Rivaldo pulled one end of the chair with his mighty trunk, and Davidar the other with both his hands. “No baba… leave it!” pleaded Davidar after a few attempts. Thankfully, Rivaldo let it go and stepped back gracefully.