Zoo Mania

• Oscar Lalor, Grade 4s
• Short Story
• 2016

Every year in a zoo on July 21st Lionly the lion gets a gift from his fairy lion mother and this year he got a great gift from her. It was the powers gift. He was so happy with his gift that in the blink of an eye he was saying “hey look” and “I’m super lion” and was showing off his powers to all the other animals. Then he went flying around and heard Zippy the Zebra yelling “HELP ME!” so he flew down and then he heard Slither the Snake say “ITS TICKLE TIME!” and at that same moment he heard Zippy say “STOP STOP!” ??. Zippy was just getting tickled by his friend Slither. Lionly was about to go ask if he could have a tickle too, but then he remembered what he got his powers for. They were for saving people, not fooling around! So he continued flying around but then.... “HEEEEELP” Mr Long Legs the giraffe was in trouble. He was on the top of a big tall building and a gorilla was climbing up it. “HEEEEEELP” yelled Mr Long Legs again, ‘he really needs help??’ thought Lionly. So he went up there to save Mr Long Legs. “I’ll save you!” said Lionly coolly. “QUICK!” yelled Mr Long Legs. Lionly flew down and swooped him and said “grab on!” so he grabbed on to his hands and they both flew back to the zoo. Then Lionly put him down “your safe now” he said “thank you Lionly” said Mr Long Legs. And after that day Lionly thought that being a superhero is hard work so he just went back to using the gift that he got last year... And it was a hairdryer. Then he went and had a tickle from slither the snake. “HAHAHA” Lionly was laughing his head off, and he had to admit it was a good day. the end