At Sirikoi camp they have a young cheetah, found abandoned as a baby. We took the children over to see her, and she seemed to instantly recognise them as other young playmates. She leapt at Uma, who managed to jump out of the way, understandably terrified. Evie let her gnaw at her ankle, laughing at how ticklish it felt.
There is also a zebra, known as Zoe, who has decided she prefers to hang around the camp than to be with the other zebras in their herds. Ossian and I were sitting in the mess tent this morning when we saw Zoe sticking her head through the tent flap where Lila and Uma were sleeping. Zoe can be quite aggressive, particularly with children, so Adharanand chased her away by throwing stones at her, as we'd seen other people doing whenever Zoe came near. He eventually managed to chase her out of the camp, though she took some persuading.
Ossian, true to Steiner's belief that children learn thorough imitation, has now taken to throwing stones at the chickens and the dogs in the camp, with an accuracy that's surprising in a one and a half year old.
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