Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-27
guarding It for her. and there left
I'm patiently waiting in spite Of his
hunger till his mate could share it

| { guarding 1t for her. and there I left
I'm patiently waiting in spite Of his
hunger till his mate could share 1t
| with him.
AS a contrast to the wcld beasts
| went to see the monkeys, who
lived In a fine large house all. to them
| selves Here was every variety from
| the great ugly chimpanzee to the
tunny little fellows who played like
| toys and cut up all sorts of capers.
y mamma sat tending her baby and
looking so like little old woman that
I laughed until the gray monkey with
the blue nose scolded at me. One
poor little chap had lost the curly end
Of his tail. and kept trying to swing
Ike the others forgetting that the
strong curly end was what he held on
with: He would run up the bare
ooughs and give a jump. expecting to
eaten and swing. but the lame tail
wouldn't hold him and down he'd go,
| bouncing onto the straw. At first he'd
sit and stare about him, as il much
amazed to find himself there, then
he'd scratch his little round head and
begin to scold violently which seemed
| to delight the, other monkeys and An
ally he'd examine his poor little tail
which had befallen him. The funny
expression Of his face was irresistible
and. enjoyed seeing him very much
1
when went away
The snake house came next
and, ! went in on my way to
visit the rhinoceros family. 1
rather like snakes since had tame
green one who lived under the door
step and would come out and play
with me on sunny days. These snakes
! found very interesting only they got
under their blankets and wouldn't
come out and / wasn't allowed to poke
them. An ugly cobra lay and blinked
at me through the glass, looking quite
as dangerous as he was. There We're
speckled lively and lazy, pretty and
plain ones, but liked the great boa
best. When came to his cage did
not see anything but the branch Of a
tree such as had seen In other cages
for the snakes to wind up and down.
AS ! stood wondering If the big worm
could be under the little fiat blanket
before me the branch began to move
all at once and with start saw a
limb swing down, to stare at me with
the hoa's glittering eyes. He was SO
exactly the color of the bare branch
ana lay SO still that had not seen
him until he came to take a
size, which seemed immense
as he stretched himself and
then knotted his rough grayish body
into a great hook with the fiery eyed
head IN the middle. He was not one
OF the largest kind but 1 was quite
satisfied and left him to his dinner OF
rabbits which | hadn't the heart to
stay and see him devour alive. l felt
as If | had got into foreign country
as looked about me and saw ele-
phants and camels walking among the
trees, focks of snow white cranes
stalking over the grass on their long
scarlet legs, striped zebras racing In
their paddock, queer kangaroos hop
ping about with little ones in their
pouches pretty antelopes chasing one
another and in an immense wire COW
cred ayiary all sorts of brilliant birds
We're flying about as gayly as if at
home These are not half of the won
1 derful creatures l saw, but have not
y room to tell more only advise all
who can to pay visit to the zoolog-
I1ical gardens when they go to London
!! for it is one of thu most interesting
sights in that fine old city.
Yours truly.
Reeva Garrett.