This book is a touching story and personal experience written by Tippy Jr. after he returned to Paris at the age of 65,438+00. At the same time, it was compiled into 130 more than 30 extremely rare pictures taken by her parents, who are famous wildlife photographers. Not only amiable, but also arouse people's awareness of protecting natural wild animals.

In Tippy's world, there are many wildlife friends, Leon the chameleon, Abu the elephant she called "my brother", as well as leopards, snakes, baboons, lions and ostriches. Speaking of their stories, she is as happy as a child of this age telling a classmate's story. None of this is surprising, because she grew up among wild animals in Africa, and she lived with them for the longest time.

Little Tippy used simple words, but when she told us the secret of her field in Xiaotian, she showed amazing sophistication. This book is very beautiful, and it contains photos carefully taken by her parents. Little Tippy told us all the stories of wild animals she knew, some unreasonable things she did to human beings, and what wild life taught her.

Read this strange and beautiful photo album, let this strange girl who can not only talk to animals, but also talk to our hearts and souls, lead us on an unprecedented wonderful journey and enjoy the gift of nature!

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Be inseparable from baboon children.

Mom and dad say it's hard to be good friends with baboons. When I was a child, in Botswana, we lived in the jungle and saw baboons crawling all over the trees. They have a specialty, that is, making faces in tall trees, and then jumping down to grab my wine bottle for a few drinks. I seem to be angry about such a thing.

When I was four years old, I met Hindi, a baboon boy. He is about my age, but the difference is that he is a baboon. At that time, I couldn't tell a baboon from a doll. I thought they were all my friends anyway. We climb trees everywhere, change bottles and drink milk. It's disgusting to do so, but I'm still young, so it doesn't matter. I became friends with Xingdi, and we were inseparable.

Then we walked for a long time. One day, I came back and met Cindy. Nice to see it again! It has grown a lot faster than me. Parents asked who raised it at home and whether it would be dangerous to play together again. They said no problem.

My eyes are fine! As soon as Cindy saw me, she jumped on me and pulled my hair. Although I am still a little baboon girl, my strength is already great, which makes me very painful and uncomfortable. I don't know what's going on in its head. I came to see it, but it tore my face and grabbed me. Adults say he is jealous of my beautiful hair. Honestly, I don't know why. ...

I cried so hard that my hair was pulled out by it. From that day on, I hated Cindy, even though I knew it wasn't its fault.

Making friends with animals is different from making friends with people. Animals always have enemies, which is a natural law. Let them know that human beings are the most powerful, otherwise they will bully us. Cindy wants to dominate me? But we had many wonderful times together. It should recognize my smell and remember that we used to be the best friends in the world. It should be believed that animals' memory is not as bad as people's.

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To China Children /Tippy

Foreword: Example from afar/Liu

I really want to write some stories about wild animals.

I can talk to animals.

Abu, my elephant brother

Skin color should not be anything at all.

It's so happy to sit on the ostrich's back.

The leopard is dangerous, but I still play with it.

Crocodiles have only one thing in mind: to eat.

Wild animals are like my family

The giraffe came to me calmly.

Be inseparable from baboon children.

Animal husbandry is very complicated.

The docile little lion-Mufasa

Elephants have a strong memory.

I can't stand anyone making decisions for me.

Animals come from the good side.

Communicate with them with your eyes.

Never be afraid, but always be careful.

Animals are never fierce, just more aggressive.

Africa is my hometown.

One of my favorite photos.

The nearest port to animals: Bushu people

Killing wild animals is absurd.

Fear is worthless.

These photos are just like movies.

I only eat chickens I don't know.

A chameleon speaks faster than a rocket.

Adventure is the secret of happiness in life.

I always want to finish my homework perfectly.

I love to laugh, and I like the wind blowing my hair.

▲ wild girl

Most girls who live in cities are domestic girls, but girls like Tippi who live with wild animals in the African jungle are truly integrated into nature.

Tippy said that her talent is to date animals, and she only dates wild animals in Africa.

Tippy, a French girl, and her mother set off from Beijing and went to Chengdu, Kunming, Shangri-La and Shenzhen to sign books. Everywhere they went, they were surrounded by local media reporters and readers queuing to sign books. Tippy's book My Wild Animal Friends has been on the book sales charts in Shenzhen. At the signing ceremony in Shenzhen, Little Tippy wore a simple and comfortable gray dress, and her waist-length blonde hair was scattered at will without deliberate combing. Tippy drank a cup of bubble tea with relish, as if the press conference had nothing to do with her. Different from other press conferences full of pleasantries, communication with Tippy must be translated through French, but it still makes people feel that she is stubborn and unsociable.

"My Wild Animal Friend" tells us the story of a little girl who loves to laugh, likes the wind blowing her hair, wants to have a dream lover and loves African wild animals. More than 30 beautiful pictures in the book/kloc-0 are the result of her parents' efforts for many years. Tippy was born in Namibia, Africa. She grew up in the jungle, and her parents photographed wild animals, dated wild elephants and danced with ostriches. In addition to the local indigenous black people, her friends include crocodiles, bullfrogs, leopards and baboons ... which brings her a completely different childhood fun from children growing up in cities. In fact, everyone's life is like a big tree growing on the African grassland, which needs to rely on nature, but many times we and our wildlife friends naturally forget it and care about the gloomy office politics and the silver code in the bank passbook. Tippi thinks that the people closest to nature are African Bushmen, who never kill animals or cut down forests at will. Tippy said: I have African blood in my veins, but my skin is white. My skin color should not be considered at all.

Compared with ordinary girls who exclaim when they see a cockroach, Tippy is a girl who is very close to nature. She has only seen obedient elephants and ostriches in the zoo and wild animals in the iron cage outside the restaurant. She can talk to animals and communicate with them with her eyes. In the interaction with animals, she realized that "the animal world is very complicated", and she thought that "it is useless to be afraid" and "never be afraid, but always be careful". Sitting on the head of the elephant Abu Ge, she thinks it is the happiest thing in the world; The ostrich's back is soft and comfortable to sit on; The chameleon is her most beautiful ornament; When she was four years old, she met the baboon boy Hindi, who was about the same age as Tippy. They climb trees everywhere, change bottles and drink milk. Even a dangerous leopard, she tried to get close to it. She said: "Animals are never fierce, but they are more aggressive." As long as we understand them, respect them, love them and don't misunderstand them, we can get good returns from animals. Based on her naive intuition, she concluded that "animals come from the good side."

Tippy has an elephant brother in Africa-Abu. They met in Africa, but interestingly, Abu was an American elephant. Abu is a friend of Tippy's parents. When Landahl moved to Africa, he could not bear to part with it, so he shipped Abu from the United States. Tippy also tells you how to tell the hometown of an elephant: if it comes from Africa, its ears are shaped like a map of Africa, and if it comes from Asia, its ears are like a map of India. When Tippy sat on Abu's brother's head and put his legs on his two big ears, it was like wondering if there was a happier time in the world. This is the only place that really makes people feel comfortable on elephants. Other parts of the elephant are covered with coarse hair, which makes people feel uncomfortable. Tippy can stay for hours as soon as he climbs Abu. It's so comfortable Tippy always talks to Abu's brother in English, and he always understands what Tippy Jr. means. Abu weighs 50 tons, but he never steps on Tippy. Tippy said: elephants are like this. They always take good care of their children.

Besides coquetry to Abu, Tippy likes to sit on the back of an ostrich named Linda. The ostrich's back is soft, warm and comfortable. Linda, on the other hand, is very kind, always afraid of knocking over little Tippy, and often unwilling to move. But in fact, Tippy likes it running very much and prefers it to run fast. You know, when an ostrich runs, it is the fastest bird in the world.

Tippy's words are often thought-provoking. Tippy believes that adventure is the secret of happiness in life, and everyone will encounter some problems in life, especially in the city. Tippy, who is of French descent, always thinks that Africa is her real hometown. When she lived in the wild in Africa, there was no problem. Instead, she returned to the city. Even if a place has beautiful scenery, it is full of ugly things. As long as there are all kinds of strange but no problem adventures in life, it will not be boring. Tippy has always longed to return to Africa one day. She thinks she is as wild as her wildlife friends. They are like family. Many girls she knows in the city are domestic workers. Far away Africa is a place that is hard to describe. Life there is unusual. Tippi didn't understand why white people left the wild and returned to the city, and many troubles followed.

Tippy's ideal life is not rich in clothes, let alone luxurious enjoyment. She said: I love to laugh, and the wind blows my hair. When driving through the jungle, I will sit on the top of a jeep and let the wind blow me. I also like to meet my best friend and hug her in my arms, or meet my lover and hug him tightly. I have enough parents, lovers and girlfriends.

In fact, most people have had dreams like Tippy's. Stories like Robinson Crusoe and The Wandering of Swiss Families have always been well known. Living freely in the embrace of nature is the initial dream of many people-houses built on tall trees, flowers and frolicking deer on the Yuan Ye, simple elephants and beautiful birds, all good friends who can talk about their worries, and some friends with personalities, such as lions, leopards and crocodiles. But when many people grow up, they gradually forget these things, and begin to claim to be the master of all things, killing animals indiscriminately to take their fur as luxury coats, treating rare animals as delicacies, and even cutting down forests for money, so that animals lose their homes. Blinded by money and desire, we lost not only beautiful forests and fresh air, but also hoped that the words and photos of Tippy and her parents might awaken our long-lost dreams.