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Children who live in darkness gain new contact with the invisible world around them.

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Visiting the children's zoo are these New York youngsters, most of them blind since

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birth.

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Through their ears and fingers they meet their furred and feathered friends.

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Nanny or is it Billy the Kid welcomes the sightless visitors, all of them from New York's Institute

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for the Education of the Blind.

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After the visit there's a chance to recreate from memory the experience of the afternoon,

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and the handicapped children show that their sensory perceptions are sometimes more vivid

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than eyesight.

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A rich, rewarding outing at the zoo opens new horizons for those who live in impenetrable

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night.