We wanna live in Hawaii. I wanna get out of the Navy in Hawaii. As I worked toward rebuilding, there was a zoo here in Hawaii many years ago, it’s essentially withered away even before the war. I’d like to have it, to help rebuild it and to be in charge of it. And will you help me?” And she said, “Sure, of course.” She said, “If I can’t lure you back here, I’ll help in any way I can.” She said, “You know that.” And I said, “Sure.” And then she said, I had enough perception, Mark, to say, “Is there anything in Hawaii, that we can do, that I can do for you while I’m working toward building a zoo?” And she said, “Yes.” She said, “Now that the war is over, we’re going to be exchanging animals with zoos in Australia and in Japan, probably, but particularly in Australia. And we’ll be purchasing animals in Southeast Asia.” So I said, “Great, you let me know when they’re coming through and I’ll do whatever I can to either care for your animals, going to these zoos or any animals that you acquire, either on ships or through the air freighters, that are gonna increase more and more.” And I asked, “What suggestions would you have?” And she said, “Gee, that’s a big bite. But the one thing I can recommend most strongly to you, Paul, is get to know the newspaper people. Get to know them as individuals or reporters and the editors, because if you’re gonna build a zoo and renovate a zoo, you’re going to need the help of the newspaper people.” And I said, “Gee, I’ve not dealt with the newspaper people before except college papers.” And she said, “Well, I can give you these three things.
