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hours ended and left teary - eyed. She requested the zoo in-
charge to allow them to take Baba back for which they had to

take permission from the Superintendent in Bangalore. As they
got the required permission, Baba was put in a cage, the cage
was kept on top of their car and Baba was brought back home.

They got a special island made for Baba to live on. It was
surrounded by a deep dry pit. Baba was provided with his
belongings, a box to sleep in with straw placed inside to keep

him warm, his stick and the piece of wood to play with.
The narrator’s wife would visit Baba on the island by swinging
on a rope tied to a mango tree. She would make the big bear sit
in her lap for hours and would pat him affectionately.

It is a story of the love between man and the animal. It shows
that animals also have a sense of love, affection and loyalty.