A giraffe at Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, licks the face of terminally-ill patient Mario Eijs.
Eijs worked at the zoo doing odd jobs for 25 years, and his last wish was to be brought back there.
His wish was fulfilled by the Stichting Ambulancewens (“Ambulance Wish Foundation”). Eijs, who has a mental handicap, is dying of a brain tumor and has difficulty walking and speaking. Several giraffes became curious when Eijs was brought to their inside enclosure Wednesday. “Mario got a lick on his nose after a lot of snuffles,” foundation worker Olaf Exoo said in a written summary of the day. Exoo said it was “a last greeting to each other that gave everybody watching goose bumps.”
一位在荷蘭鹿特丹動物園工作了大半輩子的工作人員馬力歐（Mario），現年54歲。癌症末期的他，臨死前最大的心願就是想與他照顧的長頸鹿們道別。當病床來到長頸鹿區時，一隻長頸鹿認出馬力歐並且湊到他身邊，在馬力歐臉頰上留下一吻，這一幕令在場的每個人動容。
這隻長頸鹿像是知道馬力歐的身體狀況般，給了馬力歐一個道別的吻，在那一刻，許多人都感動不已，馬力歐露出完成心願的笑容。
臨別一吻。。。
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