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(1880) Author: Albert Alberg - Tema: Fables
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THE ROE-BUCK.

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thoughtful those eyes of his look, seeming to
crave for sympathy with his unhappy fate!
His eyes alone make one love him."

" And then," he continued, after another
pause, giving me one more beseeching look,
" and then I was brought over here to London ;
and here I am, though I don’t know why. It
may be interesting to the people who come
here and stand gaping at me; but it does not
give them any idea of what I am in nature, or
of the place I hold in it Animals can only
be truly understood by studying their habits
as well as their form, and my habits now are
not at all what they are in my natural state.
Please put that into your book, too, if you
think my story at all worth reciting. For my
own part I’ do not see how it can please
any one, and to myself it seems horrible !"

After trying to console the poor roe-buck as
best I could (though what could I say ? I felt
with him throughout, and yet I thought also
that it was my duty to justify mankind
somewhat), I thanked him heartily for his story,
and bade him adieu, promising to pay him a
visit the next time I came to the Zoo. But

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