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Show Fciirt 'talc 7AAnyGP-AKA BOWES MR. AND MRS. AOUDAD "We behave very wi.'ll In ttie zoo,' lull .Mr. Aoudad. 'Ton mean tliat I do, my d'.'iir," answered an-swered MrH. Aoudad. Now the aoudads are mountain ihcep and are quite wild, especially Ifr. Aoudad nnd his cousins and uncles un-cles anil grandfathers. "I mean what I say," repeated Mr. Aoudad, "we behave very well In the too. "We are used to the hot and dry mountains of Africa and get along j In rain and cold and foggy weather. i "We're most accommodating, most." I Mr. Aoudad sli-ulti-d around, stand- I lug on tup of a rock In his yard which was ins tavorite place as lie nopeu then that all the visitors to the zoo would admire Mm. Mr. Aoudad, who Is Just about as vain as a peacock, which shows you liow vain he Is, Is a handsome fellow Willi two long horns. Ills horns are longer than Mrs. Aou-dad's Aou-dad's horns. He has a beautiful nutne, too, hanging down from his chest. Whether In his mountain home or In the zoo, the aoudad always poses and stands and struts, hoping to be greatly admired and envied. "Do you know," Mrs. Aoudad began, "that I am about the only female animal ani-mal who Is more genllo than the male?" "I know It," said Mr. Aoudad, "nnd I've heard you say It more than once. "You seem to want to be sure that people know It. loo. nnd In ease they Adoui as Vain as a Peacock. may bavo forgotten It since last you said it, you repent it from time to time." Mr. Aoudad shook his horns and looked quite wise. "What is more," he said, "I know the secret of It." "you'll always add that part," said Mrs. Aoudad. "And why shouldn't I?" said Mr. Aoudad. "No reason at all why you shouldn't," said Mrs. Aoudad. "I don't object." "I train you to be like that," said Mr. Aoudad. "I see to It that you are more gentle thnn I ani. "I will give you a little lesson now, to be sure, so you can still be grateful grate-ful to me. "Ves, I am the master," said Mr Aoudad. "Here comes the keeper," he exclaimed ex-claimed In a few moments. "Now he will help me prove my point." "But first tell me," said Mrs. Aou-dad, Aou-dad, as she rubbed up against him af- lectlonately, "you do admire me, and you would protect me If other animals tried to hurt me?" "To be sure, certainly," said Mr Aoudad. sticking out his chest. "I would protect you, also the children, chil-dren, after you let me see them for at first you keep them away. "Yes, I am very great." The keeper hud arrived with the food for the aoudads. "!'"' t,le 'lister." Mr. Aoudad kept Mying in aoudad tall; which Mrs. Aoudad Aou-dad understood so well. 'Till what is commonly known as the boss' and I teach my wife her place. "Here now. None of that nonsense. J.utt-bult-butt-there you go. Away from nio. ' r or by steady pushing, Mr. Aoudad j !:d shoved Mrs. Aoudad off into a cor- ' t and he was standing by the big bowl of food, eating heartily "I must be fed first ev'e'ry time. '.en I am through, you mav eat Mrs h:T!;;:':;;, s,ie tjnore.,v,e,nber your lesson. lam A.ul with that be gave poor Mrs Aoudad such a shove that she staved .v until the meal was finished $ it was tune for her to eat, but to herself her-self she was saying: "iVs the master but he is a distant cous, ,,f the , t(1(1 Am he t d tins quite often. i fllrt ',!"'S" 1U"l,Ie 'vi" km.w he is (he |