Going Home Author:Margaret Wild Hugo is bored in the hospital and anxious to go home. Hearing the noises of the animals in the nearby zoo, he starts daydreaming. On successive days, he thinks he hears first an elephant, then a howler monkey, and finally a snow leopard calling him to "come home" with them. After each imaginary trip, his family visits and he tells them... more » where he went, much to the envy of his little sister. When he is released, he tells his friends in the ward the secret of his journeys, and they continue to take them. « less