Night At The Zoo

• Ruby Kizito, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2014

Tomorrow, I Tegan Jollyhop will be going on a school excursion to the zoo. The day after my grumpy old teacher Mrs Water Bottom told us that we were going on the excursion I thought to myself and had the brilliant idea of staying overnight. As rumour has it the zoo has secretly kept an endangered species the pink fluffy Unicorn.
Tonight I am packing all the supplies I need to take. All the class is supposed to bring a backpack along with a hat, a drink bottle, lunch and recess. Instead I brought a small suitcase with a warm blanket, a small portable pillow, my wolf teddy, my watch, a torch, a chocolate bar and a massive half eaten pack of original flavoured chips. Unfortunately my mum made me bring my drink bottle and a sandwich.
Today is the day. I am so excited and sure that my plan will work out just fine. Before I arrived at school I gave my mum a big kiss and hug just in case I was eaten by a lion or tiger or something like that.
When I got into class the teacher asked everyone if they needed the toiled and made sure we all had our hats and recess and blah blah blahdy blah blah. We were on the bus on our way to the zoo. When we arrived at the zoo we got a very long lecture from Mrs Water Bottom who went on and on about what not to do. We finally got to look around the zoo, I asked for a map and then searched for my favourite animal a special enchanted pink fluffy Unicorn.
Whilst I was wondering around the zoo having a great time with the class, I was also looking for a good place to stay in overnight. It was nearly time to leave when I found an excellent place to stat. it was and old looking empty enclosure that had a few large holes in it. I, made the decision to stay in the enclosure overnight and at that moment I got lost in the crowd, shoved my suitcase in the hole as well as myself and hid.
The zoo was now closed and I came out of my hiding spot. I started to search for the pink fluffy Unicorn, through the Macaw cages and even through the Red Kangaroo enclosure where I stepped in some kangaroo poop. It was getting dark and I was just about to give up when I walked past the zebra enclosure and heard the noise of a horse. I could also hear some wings flapping and some cute tunes repeating themselves. I took a closer look and amongst the zebras I saw a special pink fluffy Unicorn.
As I was about to approach the pink fluffy Unicorn a policeman grabbed me by the shoulder and said in an angry voice that I was in big trouble and that everybody had been looking for me.