The Carnival of the Animals and xylophone. From the beginning, Saint-Saëns regarded the work as a piece of fun. On 9 February 1886 he wrote to his publishers Durand in Paris that he was composing a work for the coming Shrove Tuesday, and confessing that he knew he should be working on his Third Symphony, but that this work was "such fun" (). He had apparently intended to write the work for his students at the École Niedermeyer, but it was first performed at a private concert given by the cellist Charles Lebouc on Shrove Tuesday, 9 March 1886. A second (private) performance was given
The Girl Who Loved Animals The Girl Who Loved Animals "The Girl Who Loved Animals" is a short story by American writer Bruce McAllister. This particular work of short fiction was originally published in "Omni" in May 1988. It was included in the anthology "American Gothic Tales" in 1996 along. The story describes a future where primates are extinct and young impressionable women are targeted for an experimental procedures to impregnate them with a primate embryo, in an effort to bring back the species. Set in the near future and narrated by Jo, a Victim Rights Advocate, the story begins as Jo arrives at the