Show I h w rv ARY M J GRAHAM GRAHAM-BONNER GRAHAM BONNeR contic t IT II V NY UNION NEW AND OLD FRIENDS Hello said BUlle Billie Brownie He had bad called upon the before he knew he had come from Africa some time ago The was standing in his yard and didn't say anything His ills horns stood up very verj straight back upon his head and he looked very handsome In n his purple and and- whitish coat He lIe seemed so graceful ul and so attractive attractive attractive at at- but then Billie Brownie had hod always greatly admired the members of the Antelope and Deer families Hello Cavy said Billie Brownie He was glad to see Cavy for the spotted spotted spotted spot spot- ted Cavy was a small animal who ho had recently arrived In Inthe the zoo zoo His home had been in the Jungles Jungle's s sI I of South America and he told Billie Brownie of the excitements of jungle life Ufe To some he said It Is very dangerously dangerously dan dan- wild but while It is that to tome tome tome me It seemed like home and so I 1 did not Dot think of It as being wild I iI hope you ou admire my whiskers Billie Brownie politely said he did Next BlIlIe Billie Brownie called upon a giant land lizard who had also Just been b en brought to the zoo from South America and he also said hello to the new little penguin a very small-sized small penguin There were were birds who had hod lived ll upon an on Island where few people ever went and so used were th they y to going about the small island that they had forgotten forgot forgot- ten how to fly There was a new sea lion and when the visitors at the Island had seen the animals and birds the they were ed surprised to find the animals were really quite tame though they had hardly ever seen people Possibly they had hod never seen any A sea sea lion made friends with them right away and seemed eager to go along on the trip with the people All of this Billie Brownie heard as ashe ashe ashe he went about on his visits He saw some other splendid lizards penguins and many other interesting creatures and he said to some of them r i JN i Cn W Hello Cavy Said Billie Brownie that he really reany had no Idea he would meet so many new v creatures on this Visit tWell t. t Well youre you're glad you did arent aren't you ou 1 asked ed the Land Lizard wrinkling up his funny face face In n a most amusing fashion Delighted that you should all be here said Billie Brownie and the theLand theLand theLand Land Lizard said Well we like to see you At least I do I may have a pretty dreadful looking face but I am really all an right You cant can't think only of appear appear- ances I believe I have heard that somewhere And they must have been thinking of me without knowing It when the they said it first Billie Brownie laughed Certainly the zoo was filled fined with fascinating new and Interesting creatures creatures crea crea- tures but he decided before he left that he would go and call on Mrs Buffalo who had a fine new son and Mrs Lioness who had several lov lovely ly little cubs He had seen them before but not for forr some time and even though he lie loved seeing all the new animals he lie liec liked to c see gee his old friends too toe Last of all he went to see Miss Elephant Elephant Ele Ele- who had been quite ill m but who was getting better now They say that Im I'm improving Miss l Elephant remarked l but hut oh It is hard to be bp sick They kept covering me with blankets ets last night so I would 1 be sure not to catch cold But I was as so hot Billie Brownie and I kept throwing them off only tobe to tobe tobe be covered up again It really Is dreadful Billie Brownie to be sick and the medicine Is not nice at nt allBut nil all But nut they say Im I'm get getting ln along alon splendidly a and d that In no time at all now Ill I'll be my old elephant self once more good news said Billie Brownie hut I know the time seems to go slowly They brought Miss Elephant a n. n simple sim sim- simple luncheon of ot bran mn mash h then and Billie Brownie waved wa a good good goodby by |