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1、Copyright©2008BenjaminMeeAllrightsreserved.NopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthePublisher.ForinformationaddressWeinsteinBooks,HachetteBookGroup,237ParkAvenue,NewYork,NY10017.VisitourWebsiteatwww.HachetteBookGroup.comISBN:978-160286-06
2、8-1FirsteBookEdition:September2008Abookfromwww.en8848.com.cnContentsPrologue1:IntheBeginning...2:TheAdventureBegins3:TheFirstDays4:TheLeanMonths5:Katherine6:TheNewCrew7:TheAnimalsAreTakingOvertheZoo8:SpendingtheMoney9:OpeningDayEpiloguePrologueMumandIarrivedasthenewownersofDartmoorWildl
3、ifeParkinDevonforthefirsttimeataroundsixo’clockontheeveningof20October2006,andsteppedoutofthecartothesoundofwolveshowlinginthemistydarkness.MybrotherDuncanhadturnedoneverylightinthehousetowelcomeus,andeachwindowbeamedthemessageintothefogasheemergedfromthefrontdoortogivemeabone-crushingb
4、earhug.HewasmoregentlewithMum.WehadbeendelayedforanextradayinLeicesterwiththelawyers,assomelast-minutepaperworkfailedtoarriveintimeandhadtobesentuptheM1onamotorbike.DuncanhadmastermindedthemovementofallMum’sfurniturefromSurreyinthreevans,witheightmenwhohadanotherjobtogotothenextday.Thed
5、elayhadmeantafraughtstandoffintheentrywaytothepark,withthepreviousowner’slawyereventuallyconcedingthatDuncancouldunloadthevans,butonlyintotworooms(oneofthemthefetidfrontkitchen)untilthepaperworkwascompleted.Sothethreeofuspickedourwayinwondermentbetweenteeteringtowersofboxesandintothefla
6、gstonedkitchen,whichwasrelativelyunclutteredand,wethought,couldmakeagoodcenterofoperations.AhugeoldtrestletableIhadbeenhoardinginmyparents’garagefortwentyyearsfinallycameintoitsown,andwaserectedinaroomsuitedtoitssize.It’sstillthereasourdining-roomtable,butonthisfirstnightitssymbolicvalu
7、ewasimmense.SomeboxesandcarpetsDuncanhadmanagedtostoreinthebackpantryhadjustbeenflooded,sowhileheunblockedthedrainoutsideIdrovetoaChinesetakeoutI’dspottedonthewayfromRouteA38,andwesatdowntoourfirstmealtogetherinournewhome.Ourspiritswereslightlyshakybutelated,andwelaughedalotint
