Kyle And Zebra (9)

"Kyle...Kyle...KYLE!" yells Kyles very short tempered mother.
Kyles eyes slowly widen, as he tries to make some sense out of all the shouting.
"What!? What is it mother?" says Kyle.
"You have to hurry!" says Kyles mother. "We're going to be late to the zoo!"
Suddenly, Kyle remembers that today he is going to the zoo! Kyle is very excited about this particular trip to the zoo, because a good friend of Kyles (Panda) has given him a tip that today they are bringing a new animal to the zoo!
Kyle doesn't remember what kind of animal is coming, but he remembers it being most definitely awesome.
If Kyle is going to make it to the zoo on time, he is going to have to hurry.
And guess what? He does!
After all of the hurrying, Kyle gets into his mothers car, and his mother drives him to the zoo.
"Have a nice time, son!" says Kyles mother. "I'll pick you up in a little bit, I'm going to get a hair cut."
Kyle mutters under his breath that he does not care.
"OK, mom! I'll see you then!"
Kyle runs to the gate of the zoo and tells the zoo keeper that he would like to go to the zoo.
The zoo keeper remembers Kyle, as Kyle has been there many times.
The zoo keeper lets Kyle in, and Kyle couldn't be happier.
For several hours, Kyle looks around for an animal that looks new.
At first, he spots something that he doesn't remember, but it was just a cow.
Kyle does not like cows, nor does he think they belong in a zoo.
Kyle then searches for several MORE hours, but he cannot see anything that looks new or unusual.
This makes Kyle very disappointed and sad.
Kyle is about to start crying when a friendly face greets him.
Who could it be?
Well none other than Panda, one of Kyles best friends!
"Panda! It's you! It is so nice to see you, but...shouldn't you be in your cage?" inquires Kyle.
"Ha-Ha. Kyle funny. Laugh, I do. Thing is, Panda exhibit has half day! It great, isn't?" exclaims Panda.
"Oh, OK...." replies Kyle, a little confusedly.
Kyle asks Panda about the new animal, and Panda tells him.
(I would tell you, the reader, but that would ruin the suspense.)
Kyle also asks where the new animal is, and Panda tells Kyle that, too!
Kyle runs all the way to the place where Panda told Kyle the new animal would be, and just as Kyle arrives, he sees it!
The animal is marvelous and incredible.
"WOW!" rejoices Kyle.
"A REAL LIFE ZEBRA!"
The Zebra is the most amazing shade of white, with black stripes that would make any other stripes look ridiculous.
"I love your stripes, Zebra. Can we be friends?" says Kyle.
The Zebra does a little dance, for some reason, and then trots up to Kyle before replying "Yes of course! Do you have any chocolate? I love me some chocolate."
"Uh, I'm afraid not..." says Kyle.
"Ah ha! Then we shall have to go find some, then!"
Zebra trots off in the general direction of the Zoo Gift Shop and Kyle follows, reluctantly.
As the two get there, Zebra asks the Cashier lady for some chocolate, to which the Cashier lady obliges.
"Yum yum! Chocolate, huzzah!" exclaims Zebra.
"Hmm...should you really be eating chocolate, Zebra? Isn't that like, bad for you, or something?" asks Kyle.
"Hah, absurdity at its finest! You certainly know not the first thing about what is and isn't good or bad for Zebras." replies Zebra, pretty rudely.
Kyle doesn't want Zebra to say anything else, so he doesn't respond.
Next Zebra decides that he wants to dance, so he does.
Kyle awkwardly watches as Zebra shuffles and waltzes back and forth.
At that moment, Kyle becomes aware that Zebras are not very good dancers.
"Wow, I'm the greatest dancer ever! Am I right, Kyle?" says Zebra.
Kyle doesn't want to hurt Zebras feelings, so he pretends he doesn't hear him.
"Kyle? Did you hear me?"
"Oh...no, I didn't. What?"
"I said I'm the greatest dancer ever. Am I right?"
Kyle then has no choice but to respond to Zebra.
"No, you aren't. Your dancing is terrible and I wish you would stop."
Zebra looks crushed, but after a few minutes, forgets, seeing as though Zebras have the memory of a baby kangaroo. Which, is to say, not a very good one.
Kyle then tells Zebra that because Zebra got to pick the last two activities, he gets to pick this one.
Zebra agrees, and awaits Kyles idea.
Kyle thinks long and hard for twelve seconds, exactly.
Then, Kyle has an idea!
But just as Kyle begins to tell it to Zebra, the zoo keeper comes from out of nowhere.
"Zebra! How did you get out of your cage? You need to go back, right now!" says the zoo keeper.
"Awww maaaan. Just as it was my turn to pick the activities!" says Kyle.
"I'm awfully sorry, Kyle. But it is past Zebras bedtime. Perhaps another time you two can play together. But not tomorrow, because it is Hanukkah."
"Bedtime??? Oh no! Zoo keeper, it is of unmeasurable proportions that you tell me the current time, right now!"
"Well, it is precisely 11:56, PM, good sir."
Kyle then starts to freak out .
"OH NO!"
Kyle then runs all the way to the gate, only to find his mother waiting, talking on a cell phone, comepletely oblivious to that fact that her son has been at the zoo for literally 29 hours straight.
Kyle is glad, though. Because that means he won't be in trouble!
When they get home, Kyle heads straight to bed and dreams of making mountains with his eyes.

The End.