Some people worry about my collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in thezoo. One of the question that is always asked is ___51___ I became an animal collector. The answer is that I havealways been ___52___ in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first ___53___ I was able to say was not thenormal “mamma” or “daddy”，but the word “zoo” which 1 would ___54___ many times until someone took me tothe ___55___ . ___56___ I grew a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a ___57___ number of pets, ranging from snakesto seahorses, and I ___58___ all my spare time ___59___ the countryside in search of fresh specimens to add to mycollection of ___60___ . Later on I___ 61___ for a year in the City Zoo, as a student attendant, to get experience of thelarge ___62___ , such as lions, bears, tigers and elephants, which were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I ___63___had enough money of my own to be able to pay my first trip and I have been going regularly ever since then.Though a collector’s job is not an ___64___ one and is full of sorrow, it is certainly a job which will ___65___ all thosewho love animals.

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