Word: gorillaed
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...wrinkled little face stared up from a shapeless bag of black hair. Acid burns had disfigured the baby gorilla's face-its look was malevolent. But the baby, named Buddy, was sick...
...came to the U.S. and got a job as a kennel man with Mrs. Gertrude Lintz, who collected pets. Buddy belonged to Mrs. Lintz; she had bought the little creature from the captain of an African freighter. But Buddy belonged spiritually to Kroener. He helped nurse the little gorilla back to health. Buddy grew, learned to walk erect, romped with innocent menace around Mrs. Lintz's Brooklyn home with the taciturn, dour-faced ex-butcher. The baby grew up into 200 pounds of gorilla. Mrs. Lintz, who had a cage waiting, decided that the time had come to lock...
Buddy, Kroener was convinced, blamed him for the imprisonment. The gorilla's rage became smoldering and volcanic. Several times he lunged through the bars at Kroener, who saved himself only by his agility. Nevertheless, the care of the gorilla had become an obsession with the one-time butcher. He refused to let anyone else take Buddy in charge...
...other blot is apt to frighten subjects who are unhappy or unstable, but "normal" people merely call it a bearskin rug or an animal's skin. Schizoid personalities sometimes see a man's face in the dark shadows, but sexually frustrated women see a gorilla or some other strong masculine figure, chasing them...
...Toto rolled over on her pet cat, crushed it, when her cage was knocked 30 feet by a freight train during loading operations at West Palm Beach. The lady gorilla, mate of Gargantua, was unhurt...