The pair are at total ease with each other and the gentle jumbo happily lets her play around it. In Kim Luan's (pictured) village in central Vietnam, it is common for locals to have a pet elephant French photographer Rehahn, 35, captured the heart-warming scene in Buon M'Lieng earlier this month. He said: 'Elephants are considered members of the community - everything related to them must follow M'Nong traditions. 'As a foreigner I was very surprised to see this bond but for the M'Nong minority group it's common to have an elephant in the garden - just like we might have a cat. 'I felt the respect between both. The girl was more scared of me than the elephant.' The photographer has lived in Vietnam for seven years, capturing some 45,000 photos of the country.

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