In nineteen thirty-who at a zoo in Los Angeles a polar bear named Larry performed for the crowd, they'd cheer aloud He'd go slipping and sliding, jumping and diving The people would laugh. They...

a polar bear named Larry performed for the crowd, ...The people would laugh....Larry was born at the zoo ...where Larry's parents were born...Larry the polar bear ...at the Los Angeles zoo, ...here'd be a fish at the end, ...Larry, you'll be in the movies ... they rehearsed for Larry's big scene, ...The director would frow...kind of like the chimps at the zoo. ...At last came the day of the trip ...They put Larry in a crate ...The journey was long ...then the noise and the rumbling stopped ...set the crate on the frozen ground ...And Larry appeared ...He looked out at the gray Bering Sea ...put his nose to the wind ...and the scent of the seal made him tremb...He smelled the fox in its lair ...and the weasel and hare ...and he looked at the tundra and ice, ...looked at the loon in the sky and he ran ...the cold at his throat ...'neath the fur and hide