Another Day at the Zoo

Once upon a time there was golden orange haired Golden Lion Tamarin, named Zoe. She lived in the greenest part of DC, the Smithsonian Zoo. She was stuck behind clear glass, which was okay though because she rarely had to work hard. Everyday she was fed fresh white bananas. The yellow peel was always already removed. This was done by the red head volunteer. All day she laid in the jungle green trees. Once in a while, she traveled down near the aqua clean pond.

This of course was until last Sunday, when all the children were dressed in the pale rainbow of nice dress clothes because it was Easter. It was the typical lazy Sunday, until Jake the coral corn snake snuck into Zoe's cage. Zoe had heard about Jake from the mousey gray ferret (who claimed all pinkish and orangish objects were poisonous), but she had never personally met Jake. At first Zoe was scared and hid in her brown house high in the trees. Jake slithered around on the green mossy floor until Zoe peeked out. She was at first frightened back into her home when she was Jake hissing with his pink tongue. Then Zoe re-emerged from behind the brownish wooden door and called out to Jake asking why he was here. Jake told Zoe "I followed a royal blue butterfly out of the reptile house and he led me here."

He continued to tell Zoe for the next half hour about his journey over the black tar that lead him to the small mammal house. Zoe eventually joined Jake on the green grassy floor, intrigued by his story. No longer was Zoe afraid of this orange and pinkish animal. Jake sooon slid back into the black hole in the corner and left after establishing Zoe and himself were friends. Life returned back to routine, but the next day when the volunteer fed Zoe an orange tangerine, she no longer backed away in fear, and instead was anxious to try something new.