【美国人物志】格贝尔·威廉姆斯(5/11)

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仅凭声音，冈瑟·格贝尔—威廉斯一次可指挥18只老虎，调动32只大象。他驯过马、豹、美洲狮、斑马，甚至还驯过一头长颈鹿。他是一位杰出的天才驯兽人，一亿多人看过他的表演，为他鼓掌喝彩，他甚至改变了美国人对野生动物马戏表演的看法。
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Gunther
Germany
Cologne
Missus Gebel
Circus Williams
Harry Williams

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During the final months of the war, Gunther, his mother and sister fled from their home in eastern Germany west to Cologne. Germany had lost the war, and the victorious Russians were moving in to take control. After the fighting ended Missus Gebel found work with Circus Williams. A well known horse trainer, Harry Williams, owned it. Missus Gebel made and repaired clothes for this circus. She also got Gunther a job at the circus. He was about 12 or 13 years old at the time. The boy had been in school for only a few years. After a short time Missus Gebel left the circus. She left Gunther there. Gunther said later that he felt his mother gave him away. Harry Williams, however, was very glad to have the boy working for him. He immediately recognized that Gunther had unusual natural ability with animals.