Zarafa- Story of France's first giraffe for children

Описание: In the hot tropical grasslands of Egypt, in Africa, a beautiful and active calf was born to a Nubian Giraffe.
With long neck, glossy coat, sturdy legs, she was an exceptionally beautiful and happy baby and was ready to run around within an hour of being born.
Meanwhile, the Pasha or ruler of Egypt, Mohammed Ali wanted to gift his French friend and ruler -King Charles an unusual special gift.
After days of thinking and consulting his ministers, he decided to gift King Charles an animal France has never seen- A giraffe.
He asked his men to capture the most attractive giraffe they could find in the entire Egyptian woodlands.
After many days of searching, they indeed found the same beautiful giraffe in the vast land- that was young, happy with glitter in the eyes.
The pasha was impressed with this beautiful animal and immediately named her- Zarafa- the charming one, in Arabic.
Zarafa was thus decided to be sent to France as the friendly gift.
An eminent French Biologist- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire' was put in charge to take care of the entire journey from Egypt to Paris, France.
First, he thought about her food- Zarafa was only 8 months old. She needed milk. Therefore, three milking cows were added to the journey. She needed 25 litres of milk every day.
From Egypt to France, she was transported in a ship. She landed in Marseille port the southern trip of France. But to get to Paris it is 550 miles.
They halted at Lyon to rest. There, about 30000 people with children came to the new animal, never seen before or even read in stories.
But she had to say bye to her crying young fans as she began her journey to her next and last destination- Paris.
She walked all the way to Paris happily chewing grass and leaves and milk every day.
All other animals and people that joined Zarafa in her famous journey lay tired as they reached Paris that took her 41 days to complete. But our Zarafa was fit!!
Zarafa was presented to King Charles X.
She was then temporarily installed in a greenhouse in Paris for people to visit her.
600,000 people including children came to see Zarafa in the next 6 months.
The entire Paris was dumb stuck! They wrote stories and poems about her, dress designers made gowns like her coat, hats with two small knobs like giraffe ears.
It was simple to confirm, Zarafa created history and was indeed the most charming gift that arrived from Egypt to France.