Those Years I Opened A Zoo Novels & Stories

"It's like the whole world is wrapped in a warm, glowing blanket." Zion smiled, his eyes twinkling with the reflection of the lights. "What used to be your favorite time of the year?" "It used to be spring, it always feels like the world is starting a new life when the flower start to come out." My stomach growled loudly as soon as I finished my sentence and Ziob burst out laughing. "I didn't know human being sound like that," he said laughing. "Stoppp," I said slapping his shoulders playfully as I tried not laugh too.

This feels like my birthday parties growing up. Once my parents even had a petting zoo brought to our backyard and only two kids showed up. I think I was so excited to have kids my age at the party that I didn’t even worry about the animals, but obviously all they wanted was to play with the baby goat and the baby donkey. I try to push away those memories because right now I have friends. Friends that throw me surprise parties even though they know I will hate them.

Javier assured me. I nodded. “You’re right, of course. Children are mimics.” But the thought of Lucy never calling me “mama” again felt like a punch in the stomach. We explored the zoo and I saw so many different animals. I would never tell Javier, but this was my first time in a zoo. I never left the house when I was a kid. I was only allowed out to go to school or when I was with my parents. My father forbade me from leaving the house because—

7 o'clock seemed to be teasing me. It came very slowly. Waking up at four and doing all the chores, it felt too slow. Taunting almost. But after breakfast, it was time for me to hit the road if I wanted to make it on time. I jumped into my uniform and threw my hair into a ponytail. Just like the time this morning, the drive was dreadfully slow. But I wouldn't let the time kill my mood. I was excited. More than I had been in a while. I was working at a zoo! How cool is that? Finally, I pulled into the parking lot and walked into the office. I clocked in and found Kari.

She opened her purse and put a slash of bills in the donation box while she smiled at him and went away to another activity. They walked around the central park before stopping at the zoo park. Angelina grinned widely as Nathaniel paid for the tickets. They entered with their tickets, joined the new batch of people for the tour. They were shown the snow leopard, the penguins as they waddled on the snowy ground, and communicated with body language. The red panda dipped its paw into the water when drinking to the white and black ruffed lemurs which reminded her of Madagascar. After touring the zoo for an hour, they passed through the Delacorte clock. The tower was beautified by the stoned anim

I wonder how 14-year-old me would feel if I told her about what we would see someday and how it would put this tiny town to shame. For sure I wouldn’t have believed older me if I had told her about the insane amounts of different kinds of coffee you can buy in the city or the animals in the Zoo. We went there a few weeks after I returned, and I have never seen anything like it. I spent the whole time looking around in amazement.

There were quite a lot of places that I would love to show him since it has been awhile since I've seen him. The day seemed to fly by as we visited different places. After a while of walking around the city we ended up at the zoo, and it was actually very relaxing. I loved the feeling of watching all of the animals around us and listening to the loud animals roaring as they played in their enclosures. It reminded me of how much fun it used to be with Jake.

Ashley raised her face slightly, half-opening her eyes, "Hee hee, you are so funny like animals in the zoo. The animals in the zoo are so funny and cute, right?" Morgan was so angry that he was about to explode when he heard a slight sob. "Hey... do you believe it? I never went to a zoo when I was a child!" The little woman's voice suddenly became low and aggrieved, "When I was five years old, my mother took me to work hard, and the money she earned couldn't meet my food and clothing. I often have something to eat for the last meal, and starve for the next meal, and how can I go to the zoo!

He seemed pretty invested, even giving up ideas on the venue… Which was why I was filled with equal doses of dismay, confusion and anger when he didn’t show up at the zoo. As Ivan glanced up at me with his big eyes, silently asking ‘where’s dad?’ my heart clenched and I glanced at my phone. 4;30. The zoo closed in less than 45 minutes. To make matters worse, Ivan and Evan refused to go see any animals unless their father was there with them. SO technically, we’ve been seated outside a zoo, getting roasted by the natural U.V rays above us as we waited for their slacker of a father. Other families passed by us, giving me strange looks and some that knew me from my previous nursing job whispere

"Remember when Mom took us to the zoo and gave us these lockets for Christmas?" I had always cherished my locket. It was a reminder of my one good childhood memory. Mom had been between boyfriends at the time, and she pulled both of us out of school one day for an impromptu visit to the zoo. The three of us had enjoyed an amazing day. Daisy and I had been so excited on Christmas Day to wake up and find a tiny, hastily-wrapped gift for each of us on the kitchen table. The beautiful lockets had served as the perfect reminder of that wonderful day. For that short period of time, it had almost seemed like we were a normal family. She had met Jacob at a New Year's Eve party a week later, and that