Bruno, the sloth bear had gradually grown enormously in size, equaled the Alsatians in height and had even outgrown them. Although he was still the same sweet, playful and mischievous pet, he was sent away to a zoo in Mysore because he was getting too big to be kept at home. As time passed, everyone missed him greatly especially the narrator’s wife. During the first few days, both Bruno and the narrator’s wife did not eat a thing and fretted for each other terribly. After three months, when the narrator along with his wife went to visit Bruno (Baba) in the zoo, the bear recognizing the narrator’s wife howled with happiness and stood with his head in delight. However, as the time of leaving the zoo approached, the narrator’s wife cried bitterly and felt depressed and consequently requested the curator of the zoo to give him their Baba back. To this request, the Superintendent in Bangalore agreed and following which, a special island was built in the compound area for Baba keeping all his needs in mind, eventually solving all the problems.