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One of the questions that is always asked of me is __1__ I became an animal collector in the first __2__ . yf*^Y74
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According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any __3__ was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,__4__ the word “zoo”, which I would __5__over and over again with a shrill __6__ until someone, insgroupsto __7__ me up, would take me to the zoo. +1~Y2
When I __8__ a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great __9__ of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time __10__ the countryside in search of fresh specimens to __11__ to my collection of pets.__12__ on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student __13__ , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,__14__ were not easy to keep at home. 4R0'$Ld4
When I left, I __15__ had enough money of my own to be able to __16__ my first trip and I have been going __17__ ever since then. Eq=~S O%
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