A Pride of Lions
“Janice shrieked, jumping up and down in her chair.
“It’s a cheetah,” I said slowly. “It’s too big to be a leopard. Isn’t it splendid?”
“I envy it its coat!” Janice murmured.
There was a short, horrified silence. “How could you?” I demanded hotly. “How could you?”
“Easily,” Janice assured me, laughing. “Be honest! Wouldn’t you love to have a coat like that?”
“No!” I said shortly.
“You’re too good to be true!” she retorted sharply.
“I’m not!” I stormed back, equally angry. I could have wept with ...sheer indignation on the animals’ behalf. “It’s because of you that they’re dying out!”
“Hardly me personally,” she said reasonably. “I couldn’t afford so much as a fur stole!”
“Good!”
Janice gave me a curious look. “I can’t think why you get so steamed up about it,” she remarked. “I should think this country must have made a good thing from selling skins to the markets of the world.”
“How can you say so? Only the poachers make any money!MoreLess
“It’s a cheetah,” I said slowly. “It’s too big to be a leopard. Isn’t it splendid?”
“I envy it its coat!” Janice murmured.
There was a short, horrified silence. “How could you?” I demanded hotly. “How could you?”
“Easily,” Janice assured me, laughing. “Be honest! Wouldn’t you love to have a coat like that?”
“No!” I said shortly.
“You’re too good to be true!” she retorted sharply.
“I’m not!” I stormed back, equally angry. I could have wept with ...sheer indignation on the animals’ behalf. “It’s because of you that they’re dying out!”
“Hardly me personally,” she said reasonably. “I couldn’t afford so much as a fur stole!”
“Good!”
Janice gave me a curious look. “I can’t think why you get so steamed up about it,” she remarked. “I should think this country must have made a good thing from selling skins to the markets of the world.”
“How can you say so? Only the poachers make any money!MoreLess
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