When Ping sees Hanno in the zoo, he is excited, but also unhappy.Hanno is a magnificent African gorilla, big and black and muchstronger than a man. But how can this wonderful wild animal live in acage, behind bars and locked doors? Then Hanno escapes from the zoo.And a few days later his footprints are seen near Green Knowe, the old house deep in the English countryside where Ping is spending hisholiday . . .
When Ping sees Hanno in the zoo, he is excited, but also unhappy.Hanno is a magnificent African gorilla, big and black and muchstronger than a man. But how can this wonderful wild animal live in acage, behind bars and locked doors? Then Hanno escapes from the zoo.And a few days later his footprints are seen near Green Knowe, the old house deep in the English countryside where Ping is spending hisholiday . . .
