The Zoo
The giraffe cranes its neck to peer over the miniature mound upon
which sits a glum, drooping ostrich with a greyed plumage. The puma scuttles along
the rocky beach, which the humans call “Puma Mountain”. They all turned to look towards the metal
doors guarding the entrance. They had been assaulted and were now open; the
zookeeper stood defiant in the rising sun.
The animals were torn with grief as
he marched silently up the street and the panda moaned with despair. They knew
this mood very well—the doctor was coming.
The doctor, or “Vet”, was known to give animals pungent sludge,
ill-tasting pellets and worst of all, the needle. They knew the sound of panicked pups or
squealing kits, receiving the needle. Most of them have been forced under its
painful power.
Soon comes “Vet” with his blue,
buttoned shirt and facial hair comparable to that of a monkey. He is an animal
in his own right. His neck is slightly hunched and he too can be wild. His case
emits a sloshing as the slush or other poisonous liquid is shaken as he stomps
down the alleyway in front of the desperate tigers. The parrots are squawking and the screeching
of monkeys fills the air. However, their
racket is to serve no purpose, as the doctor is only here to see the polar bear
that is sizzling in the summer sun.
The animals all droop their
shoulders as if sighing from relief, except the poor polar bear, confined to a
deep azure tainted ice cave, as a last resort to escape the heat. His groans
are too faint to be heard and the doctor must get to work soon or face a dead
polar bear.
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