Long Steps.
The rector of a certain country parish is in the habit of taking his church choir for an annual outing. On the last occasion it was to the Zoological Gardens, London. The party, headed by the rector, entered the lion house ju6b as a fine specimen of the feline tribe reared himself on his hind legs and came with his fore paws with considerable force against the bars of the cage, causing them to tattle with some violence. Turning to a keeper, the rector asked, '"Pray, my man, what steps would you take if one of these ferocious animals broke loose?" "Mighty long ones, mister!" was the prompt" reply, while the clerical interrogator passed on.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 87
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117Long Steps. Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 87
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