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out into the sunlight.
knowing joys devotion to the various orphans she had adopted i took the cubs back to our camp. joy left her painting unfinished and immediately took over the little lions, feeding them through a teat i improvised from a sparking plug. at isiolo1 we built them a wire annexe to the house. to our surprise joys hyrax2 pati pati, who had been with her for six years and been bitterly jealous of previous rivals - mongooses, squirrels and bush babies - immediately adopted the baby lions and joined in their fun.
*1 isiolo a town in northern kenya
*2 hyrax a small mammal found in africa and arabia, distantly related to the elephant
complete the following passage, which gives an explanation of the passage above. -5 each
the title of george adamsons autobiography, my pride and joy, is a play on words, \ 1) \ being the word for a group of lions, the animals that adamson devoted his life to, and \joy\ being the name of his wife.
adamson spent many years as a game warden in kenya and it was through this work that he came to shoot 2) in 1956. he and joy took on the task of raising one of her cubs and releasing it back into the wild. they named the cub 3) , and she later became 4) through the book and film born free.
in this extract, adamson briefly retells the story of elsas early life, from the time that she and her sisters were discovered hiding in 5) in the rocks.
The passage and context describe the life of George Adamson, his wife Joy, and their work with lions in Kenya, famously depicted in the book and film Born Free.
- "Pride" is a play on words, meaning both a group of lions and the feeling of deep satisfaction (as in "My Pride and Joy").
- George Adamson was a game warden who had to shoot man-eating lions, which led him to rescue the orphaned cubs.
- The cub they raised and released back into the wild was named Elsa.
- Elsa became famous worldwide through the book and film Born Free.
- The story retells Elsa's early life from when she and her sisters were discovered hiding in the rocks after their mother (the lioness) was shot.
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