10 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



house and, standing in front of Sultan, said 

 quietly : 



"Why, there's my old friend, Sultan!" 



The sound of that voice was like an electric 

 shock to the lion. His sleepiness disappeared 

 as if my magic. With a bound and little 

 curious gutteral growls he was up on his feet 

 and over at the bars, rubbing himself against 

 them, purring his loudest and doing all in 

 his power to show his delight at seeing his 

 old friend again. 



The two friends shook "hands" warmly, 

 Sultan putting up his paw in the meekest 

 manner. It would have been difficult to say 

 which was the most pleased, the Barbary lion 

 or the dealer in wild animals. Pleased and 

 excited as Sultan was to meet an old friend 

 again, he seemed to forget the incident 

 as soon as it was closed; almost before 

 Mr. Hagenbeck was through the doorway he 

 settled down comfortably, licked his paws, 

 rested his huge head easily on them and 

 calmly finished his nap. 



Sultan's wife, Bedouin Maid, distinguished 



