Show omand N i FAIRYTALE FAIDY TALE ghaham bonner ZEBU CHILD the zebu child said daday was a great joy to lo his mother she wals very proud of him und no matter it if he was not always a perfect and well behaved child she thought lie he ans lovely it Is a way that mothers it have lve you know nick and nancy laughed fa for r daddy gave a knowing wink 1 I cant always understand it toy rny self he said but both the children knew that he could for they knew deep don don n that he adored them and thought they were perfect and besides lie he was never never never too tired to tell them a goodnight good night story the zebu child and her mother dived in the zoo and there were a number ot of other zebus there too in fact there were many other animals all around some times dies on a thus rainy day ive seen the ze zebus tn I 1 the zoo with their heads out of their little littie houses a and nd their bodies inside as aa though they were saying well well shampoo our heads today or at least we will give them ft a rain washing but our bodies had better be inside its just as 90 good od as being able to check our bodies in our houses like folks check their umbrellas and suitcases at the railway station to be called for when they want them 11 we cant go oft off and leave our bodies behind but we do keep our bodies directly behind us so they dont get wet 0 they looked quite funny with their heads all out of doors their great cow like eyes gazing up at the rain as though to say 4 what abhat a silly thing thine rain is 19 and yet it has its purposes it is useful but it Is silly for they look as if they thought everything in the world was rather silly just as creatures will look who arent thinking much themselves well I 1 heard the keeper talking to zebu child this special zebu child OP do dont feel badly mother awant I 1 want to telf you about and this was what the keeper said youre six months old today he told the zebu child and now you must be taken from your mother and made to look after yourself a little more youve had your mother till all to yourself for quite a long time you must now learn how not to be a baby and how to be a grownup grown up zebus zebu ali ah im six months old today the zebu child said proudly think illila mother im six months old yes my child Is a grownup grown up son now she said he is a real z zebu ebu the zebus you know are the sacred ca cattle atle of india they look like great gray cows only they have humps their faces are like cows and they belong to that family there Is no reason for their hums humps and no special reason why they should be made the sacred cattle of india but still they have humps and they have always been considered the sacred cattle of india just the same both the mr zebus and the mrs birs zebus have horns and all pretty nice for the most part goodby good by to your babyhood bab hood said mother zebu sadly for though she was proud that her child was nas really a child now and not a baby still she bear to think that his baby days were over the zebu baby or zebu child was delighted that lie he was considered really quite grown up and that he be was actually six months old dont feel badly mother lie he said ald for now I 1 can look after you I 1 will care for you when you get old tor for I 1 am young and strong and the mother zebu looked at him out of gf her great big wet eyes eves mill and said eald ah what a child he still is bit bilt the zebu child think so at all and only thought that that wis was his mothers way of making him believe that he be was wag still kounz im six months old ho he kept repeating pea ting proudly to hini himself Relf ax months old a great and terrific age it tat he added |