Show I I Odd l It I P Fa i q ir-q Tle ale 4 MARY MAny MAny-CRAHAM-BONNER BONNER R Re e ANIMALS TREAT Why isn Isa t it an honor to have the keeper like me me asked Sam the tile hippopotamus hip hip- hippopotamus hippopotamus lIe He Ile only likes like lile you said RaId the rhinoceros because you like him Its It's Just tit for tat and tat and absolutely no bon honor or at nIl all He Ile d like hike me if it I talked more pleas pleas- pleasantly pleasantly antly to him or If It I seemed to t be very friendly I won t though for tor I consider my myself myself self above him Of or course Im I'm not cross to him That would also be be beneath beneath beneath neath mr my dignity W 1 e a are so sweet and lovely and have such gentle dispositions the deer were saying Y Yes e the keeper heeper love loves us here bere In Inthe inthe the zoo an and he takes tales such good care of us that we cannot help but love him lum too ow Now Nick the Rocky Mountain sheep beep loved the time of the year ear for forIt forit It was cold and he adored cool weather Sometimes he would play piny a game with the vl visitors who came to look at hIm hImlIe He lIe would stay so 80 still stin and quiet that they would think he was a statue and not oot alive at all aU Then suddenly he would move and they would shout Why that animal Is 18 alive alive I Then how v Nick would laugh He lIe was very proud of or this trick or of Ills his the hyena in his cage was laugh laughing laughing ing for all he was worth an and talking of or orI Was Laughing the fine tuck he would do in laughing at odd times timea The zebras were glad their voices voice didn t sound like his But its it's alwa always s saU aU all a matter of taste The hears boa boasted ted an and bragged The snakes the seals and the mon monkeys monkeys monkeys keys were all talking Of course the lions and tigers were ere hiving their chats and all nil the animals were praising themselves up The keeper who understood stood a great deal eal of or animal language said to him himself himself himself- self leI It It Is la just as well the animals like themselves People who don t like themselves th are ate pretty discontented and ClOSS S pow Now v o my animals animal are always alway pleas pleasant pleasant ant and cheerfuL Of course my aul ani- mils ani-mils mils area aron t conceited but they the re pleased and satisfied with things That makes such a difference It was such a cold cold III night might ht that the keeper decided ed he would give gave e all his animals in n extra supper They certainly did have a n wonderful zoo supper and how happy all the animals ani animals animals mals were ere and how grateful to the tC keeper per Even the rhinoceros felt more kindly mind so o there wa was not an fin animal who ho II was not feeling his bis best bt t v treat I is h good for tor e every ery one once In awhile a hile the keeper sal said whether J you ou are a zebra a rhinoceros a lion liona a tiger a bear a t boy or a girl And as the animals went ent to sleep that night they dreamed happy pleas pleasant pleasant ant dreams It certainly was a nice old world orld they ill 11 decided And It t did make mate such a difference they wore w re treated so kindly and so well ell It made them behave better Wel all II be at our best when people like us usand usand usand and are arc nice to us wont won't we It is true too of almo almost t all aU ani anI- anImals animals mars mals just is as it is of almost all people |