I feel a genuine interest in the animals themselves, because they are real animals and not caricatures of men.
In plain words
Real animals are interesting exactly as they are, not as cartoon people.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Story of My Life (1903), Chapter XXI — on why she preferred The Jungle Book to fables with talking animals
- The Story of My Life
- 1903
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