REGINALD FORSYTHE and his New
Music
5.15 Daventry
The Children's Hour
Adventurers Royal: No. 5—' The Last Wish', a dialogue story by Jennie Dunbar
THE Zoo MAN
This afternoon the Zoo Man hopes to tell you about Keas, those large parrots which live amongst the high mountains of the South Island of New Zealand, and which have been accused of killing and eating sheep. He thinks the Kea one of the most interesting and delightful parrots in the world, and believes it has been painted very much blacker than it really is.
For thousands of years the Kea lived happily in its high mountain home, feeding upon roots and berries, and when the shepherds with their flocks arrived, these birds looked upon them as friends, visiting their huts and showing little fear. Then a report was spread that the Kea killed and ate sheep and a price was put upon its head, so that many thousands were ruthlessly destroyed. In one district, where no birds are allowed to be killed, Keas live peacefully with sheep and no one has ever known any harm to be done, and the Zoo Man is certain that the Kea has been wrongly accused. In the Zoo it lives entirely upon vegetables.
You will see its photograph on the previous page.