When Dixie's parents go to Africa, she stays with her Aunt Sarah, a circus veterinarian, who becomes the caretaker for Dolly, a gorilla who knows sign language, and Dixie finds herself helping the gorilla get a pet cat
Gilbert Morris was one of today's best-known Christian novelists. He lived in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with his wife, Johnnie. He is the father to Lynn Morris and Alan Morris