Show daa S w 1 I re n ym tale A mary BONNER ANIMALS TREAT why it an lionor honor to have the keeper like nie ine asked baui the till hip 1 lie ile only ich lukca cs you dold the ho rhinoceros you like him its just tit for tat und and absolutely no honor nt at all I 1 hed billed like roo it if I 1 pleasantly to him or if I 1 seemed to be very f ri endly 1 I wont mont though for I 1 consider myself above jilin him of courso course ini im not cross to hlin film that would also bo be be roy my dignity we are so sweet and lovely und anti have such gentle dispositions the alio deer were saying y yes es the keeper loves us here in lije zoo and lie he battes such good care of us that we cannot help but love him in too now nick the rocky mo mountain buntain sheep loved the time of tho the year for or it was cold and lie he adored cool weather sometimes lie he would play a game with the visitors who caroo came to took look at him lie ho would stay so still and quiet that they would think lie he was a statue and not alive at all then suddenly lie he would move and they aliey would why that animal Is allvon then how hovy nick would laugh ile he was very proud of this trick of I 1 ills I 1 I 1 s the hyena in tits his cage was laughing for till all lie ho was worth and talking of was laughing lau ahing the fine trick lie woud do in fit laughing at odd times the zebras were glad their voices sound like tits his but lla its always all a matter of taste the bears boasted and bragged bragge d the snakes snake tho the seals and the monkeys were all talking of cour course sethe he llona liotis and tigers were having their caiata and nit all tho the animals were praising themselves up tho the keeper who understood a great areat deal of animal language said to himself it la Is just as well the ali animals anima Is like themselves people who dont dent I 1 like pretty discontented and cross now my animals are always pleasant and cheerful of course my animals arent conceited but pleased arill sattA satisfied lIdd with things that makes such a difference it was such a cold cold night that tho the keeper decided lie would give all his animals an extra supper they certain certainly lydid did have a wonderful zoo supper and how happy all the animals were gad aad how bow grateful to td the keeper beeper even the rhinoceros felt more li kindly and gothere v alq tint not nn animal who was not feeling lila its best A treat Is good for e very every one once in awhile the keeper said whether you are a zebra a rhinoceros a lion a tiger a bear a boy or a girl and as the animals went to steep sleep rhth thu t night they dreamed happy pleasant dreams it certainly was a nice old world they all decided and it did make such a difference u when lien they were treated so kindly and so well it made them behave better well I 1 at all I 1 be at our best when people like us and are nice to us ua wont we it Is true too of almost all animals just as it Is of almost all people |