Publisher's Synopsis
Alila is such a strong, active boy now, it is hard to imagine him in his babyhood, -he was such a tiny brown tot! His nose was so flat one would hardly have noticed there was a nose at all, except for the wideness of the nostrils. His big black eyes seemed to be moving around all the time, as much as to say: -I must find out everything I can, and just as fast as I can, about this queer place in which I find myself.- His hair was straight and coarse and black, even on the day he was born.
