Going to the zoo
is more fun than
staying home.
It’s more fun than
going to school or
doing chores or
eating lima beans.
Going to the zoo
means seeing
rattlesnakes
and pythons,
egrets and spider
monkeys, cougars
and panthers.
Going to the zoo
makes me feel
like I live in a
different place,
not the city.
I think about
going to the zoo
a lot, and now
it’s finally time.
By Ricky, 9