Babar consoles Flora on the loss of her goldfish by telling her about the time he adopted a warthog, the pet of Lady Rataxes, whose husband had deliberately lost it in the jungle
Laurent de Brunhoff est un auteur et illustrateur français.
Laurent De Brunhoff has kept the spirit of Babar and his family alive for over 50 years. Babar was created by Laurent's mother as a bedtime story, and was first illustrated by Laurent's father, Jean de Brunhoff.
After his father's death, Laurent continued to create over 30 Babar stories.
Laurent de Brunhoff lived in Connecticut with his wife, writer Phyllis Rose.