Carlos the Boogerhead walked to Alfonso’s house carrying a newspaper. He was so excited to see the llamas and ostriches. He had never seen giraffes and gorillas and tigers and tortoises and snakes and…
“Hi Carlos,” Alfonso called from his driveway. Carlos smiled and waved the newspaper to Alfonso, who had just finished washing his car, like he does every Friday morning.
“I was thinking we could start at lion cage, and then we can see the sharks, and then…” Carlos was so excited he didn’t stop speaking until Alfonso made a “T” with his hand…
“Time out. I don’t think we’ll make it to all of those places in one day,” Alfonso said and he tossed his sponge in the bucket.
“We can try,” Carlos said eagerly as he watched Alfonso leave. “You almost ready?”
“Sure, Carlos,” Alfonso replied as he closed the garage door. “Let’s go.”
The two friends walked down the street and turned to the right. Suddenly, they saw the arched entrance of the zoo. After paying for entry, Carlos and Alfonso grabbed a map and ran to the lion cage. In front of the cage were boards that told them about the lions. Carlos barely glanced at the signs. He was staring at the large cat in front of them, pacing back and forth, back and forth…
ROOOOOOOAAAAARRRRR!
Carlos jumped at the lion’s cry and turned to Alfonso, “He’s awesome.”
Alfonso nodded and the two friends walked to the shark tank, then the bird house, then the reptile lairs, and finally the petting zoo. Carlos grabbed some pellets and crossed into the pens. He fed goats and sheep and llamas and…
Ouch…
The ostrich pecked at Carlos again. And again. Carlos walked away from the tall bird, but the bird kept following him. Carlos went left and the bird went left. He went right, the bird stepped in front of him before pecking at his shirt.
“Why is it pecking at me?” Carlos asked Alfonso.
“Maybe he likes you,” Alfonso shrugged.
Carlos walked… peck… skipped… peck… jumped… peck… finally ran out of the pen. Alfonso followed Carlos soon after. “Why did he do that?”
Alfonso shrugged until he noticed Carlos’ front pocket appeared full. Alfonso motioned for Carlos to check his pocket, and Carlos found a couple of food pellets that must have landed in there when he leaned to feed the sheep. “Oh.”
“Do you want to go back?” Alfonso asked as he watched Carlos carefully pull every crumb of feed from his pocket.
“No, that’s ok,” Carlos answered. The two friends walked past the flamingos, standing on one leg, as if waving goodbye to the guests. Carlos told Alfonso which animal was his favorite, and Alfonso told Carlos which facts were the most interesting.
“Thanks for going with me, Alfonso. That was really cool,” Carlos said as they got to Alfonso’s walkway.
“Any time, Carlos. I had a great time.”
“Me too. See you next week?”
“See you Friday,” Alfonso replied as he strolled up the walked and went into his house.
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