. Two in a zoo . eth, all the earth iswhite! exclaimed the largest of the cubs, ashe looked through his barred window. The world must be coming to an end,said a shivering puma, curling up in the far-thest corner of his cage. Ho, there, Sultan! cried out one of theyoung tigers; you are old and full of wis-dom, tell us why all the land is v/hite, andwhy our teeth chatter so. 129 T W O IN A ZOO Old Sultan rose thereupon, and havingwalked majestically to the front ot his dwell-ing, lifted up his voice and said: It is well that you children should knowthat we are no longer in the jungle of ourfathe
. Two in a zoo . eth, all the earth iswhite! exclaimed the largest of the cubs, ashe looked through his barred window. The world must be coming to an end,said a shivering puma, curling up in the far-thest corner of his cage. Ho, there, Sultan! cried out one of theyoung tigers; you are old and full of wis-dom, tell us why all the land is v/hite, andwhy our teeth chatter so. 129 T W O IN A ZOO Old Sultan rose thereupon, and havingwalked majestically to the front ot his dwell-ing, lifted up his voice and said: It is well that you children should knowthat we are no longer in the jungle of ourfathers. For some reason, I know not what,wre have been brought captive intothe far North, where, everand anon, the earth iswhite, and our hairstands out stiff andharsh. However, Iwould counsel youto be patient andcalm. The food iswholesome and plenty, and is laid eachday conveniently at our very feet. That is indeed so, assented the motherlioness. It is a great burden off my mindto know that though my claws grow dull. 130 T W O IN A ZOO with age, and my limbs too stiff to leap,you children are still unpursued by tne phan-tom of hunger unappeased. Therefore, letus be thankful. And she stretched herselfout on the floor of her house, and was soonsnoring comfortably. The wise counsel of the older lionscalmed the cubs somewhat, but rilled themwith so much curiosity about the junglehome of their people that throughout theday they kept those who had been born infreedom busy answering their it happened that neither Pwit-Pwit,the sparrow, nor the little Limping Boy-who no longer limped—could get the at-tention of Mahmoud or Duchess, mate otthe aged elephant, till toward evening. In the deepest snow ot his yard stoodWapiti, the red deer, with his head aloft,his great branching antlers thrown back and TWO IN A ZOO his nostrils quivering. Pwit-Pwit flew upand alighted on one of the prongs andchirped merrily into the deers ear: Glorious fun, this snow, isnt it, old fel-low? But
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