WILDERNESS FOLK 105 



Wherever they go or whatever they do they are cuffed 

 and abused not only by parents but also by distant 

 friends and relatives. 



There are many other animals we know and like 

 and live with or near from day to day. And all have 

 distinct personalities. Not all, however, do we know 

 well enough to see in them those fascinating traits 

 that make life in Africa so full of charm. For 

 instance there is the happy gentle gazelle, with its 

 tail that is always wagging. We had a pet one for a 

 while until he drifted away into the jungle and never 

 came back. There are the birds and the rare 

 animals, such as the okapi; there are the strange 

 reptiles, not by any means so repulsive as is often 

 thought. 



After all, man, about whom our thoughts so closely 

 revolve, is in God's eyes just another animal. 



