Kokichi Day At The Zoo Novels & Stories

“Only two more blocks.” “I know where Burger Queen is you goof.” Emma chuckled. They turned a corner and were in the Burger Queen parking lot. The parking spots nearest the dumpster housed two vehicles. The vehicle closest to the dumpster was a brand new, pearly white, full electric, full a.i. 2067 Mercedes G Wagon. Directly next to the G Wagon was a rusty red, dilapidated, slammed, 2022 Honda Civic.

Heidi kept her distance, still wary from the arguments at Christmas. We piled in vehicles and headed towards the zoo, where we had a marvelous day. We rode the train, saw the macaws and orangutans, bears and tigers, even watched the dolphins perform. All the kids, right down to nine-month-old Dara, were enraptured. I'll never forget Sarah, surrounded by butterflies in the butterfly garden, a look of girlish wonder on her face. I marvel how often I'm struck by Sarah's beauty, but that one was special.

I exclaimed to both Amy and Noah. I chose a spot at the park just nearby the zoo's exit. Suddenly I noticed Amy was carrying an otter plushie. "Honey, where'd you get that from?" "Oh, this otter? I got it from the zoo-man." "The what?" "She means the zookeper, Aria, hahaha." Noah tried to explain. "Oh? But why?" "The zoo creeper hears when Noah explained about the animals, then they gave me this otter because Noah knew so much about animals."

I miss him. “Lou?” I was brought back to reality when Zelle shakes me. “W-why?” I asked utterly. “Focus on the show! Don’t waste your money!” She said while laughing so I looked in front again. 5 hours later... We went to many other places including Zoobic Safari where we saw a wide variety of endangered species. I feel a little relieved because of my classmates. They lift my mood. I forgot the pain temporarily.

I explained and stepped down from the bed and out of my body. OJ shrugged her shoulders in response and followed me through the door. When we arrived at the garden, OJ gasped in amazement as she saw what I wanted to show her. Around us were flowers and a quite large fountain with colorful fishes around. I found this yesterday when I passed here after I gave up on finding the taxi driver who could see ghosts. "Yo, Sydee! Do you know that these koi fishes live for more than a hundred years? They must be older than us. Look at them." She called me, and I sat beside her while looking at the gorgeous creatures in the water.

Joey asked. "Uncle Tom, please draw a ship for me so I can sail all of us away," June requested. Tom played the role of an artist, bringing to life everything the kids imagined and requested and I played the role of the photographer. I took pictures of everything that was drawn, every video, and their goofiness until it was time to head to the zoo. We saw different kinds of animals of different species with the kids asking a lot of questions. Thankfully, Tom was present for all that. We saw lions_ the king of the jungle, playful monkeys, and graceful giraffes.

The woman who interrupted us was in her early twenties and she was also a zoo official apparently. "I am Zoey Taylor. Your guide for today." She introduced herself. "Thorne, Thorne Harper." I told her my name. "Nice to meet you." She smiled. "And what's your name, little soldier?" She asked Ryan. "Ryan." He replied. "Nice to meet you Ryan. Now let's go visit them lions." Ryan and I followed her every lead. And even though I had thought she would take us straight to the lion's cage, she didn't. First, she took us to the aquarium, there Ryan got to find out that there were much more species of fishes that were even larger than the ones we caught while fishing at home.

It helped. The next day was Saturday. Family day. That was the new rule. No work. Just us. We took Katie to the zoo. It was crowded. Our security guys came too, but they hung back. They wore normal clothes, but they looked like security guys anyway. Too stiff. Katie wanted to see the penguins. We stood and watched them swim. They were funny and fast. Louis bought us all ice cream. Mine dripped on my shirt. Katie laughed. “Mom, you’re messy!”

"And have you? Figured it out?" "I'm working on it. Appellate might be the answer. Might not. But I'm trying." "That's all I ask." --- Saturday. Family day. We took Evie to the zoo. First time. She was mesmerized. Animals. People. Movement. Pointed at everything. "Ma-ma! Da-da!" We walked. Held her. Took photos. Normal family. Normal day. No trial prep. No deadlines. No work. Just us. At the elephant exhibit, Evie reached for the glass.

How could I not be attracted to that? "The children are coming from Sun Pack today." Janice who was sitting beside me in the viewing and family area said. "We're planning a fun day for the kids here so we've brought in a bouncy house, I think humans call it, and some ponies to ride. All the ladies are preparing food for on the... barbeque?" She looked at me for comfirmation. I laughed. "Yes, barbeque. Did you find anything online about it? It's all over in the human world. A tradition on certain holidays."