Show A daddy s V erm ia airy tale AARY RAHAM BOWER J comical COmiC Nl IT ZOO TALKS 1 I am over a year old said bald the big florn mountain sheep to brownie in fact he added 1 I 1 am almost two years old boltl so rin inn I 1 said bield his cousin who looked almost exactly like him lam 1 I niu it a year and a halt half old anyway Y lie added 1 I came fron from the rocky mountains bald a d the first mountain sheep so did I 1 answered his cousin they may eny continued tho ilist sheep that we adirent very often seen in the zoos yes yea they say that ali at yere were really quite rare that la Is what ive heard billie brownie said 1 I wonder why that la Is said the second mountain sheep 1 I should like ilka to know billie brownle naked asked 1 I will tell you the first drat one said for I 1 heard the keeper telling some one nil all about it ile ho said that we were as strong ns as strong could be in our own homes and wo we nil all know what the rocky mountain WR big horn icorn fanelly can do out there liow how strong wo we are and lioy how sure of foot and straight of eye kut but lio lie enid that the climate horo hero in the zoo did not neree with us ua very 1 I can understand that said billie well for the air under which we thrived or in which we lived was waa rocky mountain air well I 1 can understand that said billie brownie the rocky mountain air Is the air to which you are ac custon led 11 baille brownie walked over and talked to some other animals then 1 I come from south america in a country known as brazil the marsh deer said to billie and to the sinaloa white tailed deer so did L I 1 said the sinaloa white tailed deer but you tell your story about yourself for I 1 never met you before you came to the zoo and I 1 am sure billie brownie would like to hear it immensely agreed billie br brownlo anle 1 I used to jive lave ln in the forests foresta along rivers said tho the marah deer 1 I suppose that Is why you were called the marsh deer beca usei you love the water end and mar marshes sties and soft wet places eh asked them the sinaloa white tailed deer 1 you have guessed right said the marsh harsh deer 1 I am one of the largest in fact I 1 think I 1 am the largest of all the deer families which come from that country lie he continued my bly antlers anglers way may bo be very short but oh I 1 strong yes very strong my bly feet arent quite so strong that Is they dont care for rough land for they are used to the nice soft marshy land down soul h way way down south tn in another country entirely 1 I dont feel so well when I 1 am in the zoo as an I 1 do when free and 1 I 1 have heard the keeper say that we dont always do so BO welt well lu in captivity but I 1 believe I 1 will be all right for understands he understands me and my ways and my habits and I 1 really think 1 will get along nicely here its ita too tod bad the zoo cant have a little bit of af every country in it ns as well as the animals from the different ferent countries said the sinaloa white tailed deer that would please us hugely yes so said the mareb deer but a zoo be like ike that I 1 suppose when it Is only in one section or part of a country and not all over all the countries it does a dovd deal as it Is true said tile the other true 11 agreed billie brownie |