My Imaginary Zoo - Part 1 of 2

One day I asked my Mommy and Daddy if we could go to the zoo.

They said, “Sure, we will go to the zoo some day, just not today. Today we are too busy doing other things.”

Then, a few days later I asked them again.

They said, “Of course we can, Dear, some day. But right now we are too busy. Maybe some other day.”

So, a few days later I asked once again, “Mommy, Daddy, can we go to the zoo?”

They said, “Yes, Honey, we can go to the zoo some day, but Mommy and Daddy are too busy to take you there today. Maybe some other day.”

This made me mad.

I stomped my feet. I clinched my hands into fists. I made a very sad face. And, I yelled, “That’s what you always say! You always say some day! Well, when does some day get here!?”

Mommy and Daddy were not happy with my behavior. They told me I was being naughty. They told me I had to sit on the naughty spot.

So, I sat on the naughty spot.

But, I did not cry. I did not pout. I did not even feel very sad.

Instead, I went to the zoo by myself. I went to my very own Imaginary Zoo.

In some zoos there are soaring eagles. But in my imaginary zoo I saw oaring seagulls. They were in row boats in the middle of the lake.

Some zoos have snapping turtles. But my imaginary zoo had tapping snurtles. Have you ever seen a snurtle in tap shoes before? They were very good.

I have heard that many zoos have funny monkeys. The zoo I went to had money funkies. One funky gave me a ten dollar bill.

Some regular zoos have laughing hyenas. My imaginary zoo had halfing lyenas. They were chopping wood in half and then saying that they did not do it. I think that was a lie.

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