There was once this kid, a blue shirt in a sea of pink. Some big kids thought she was older than she really was because of her long hair and tall, slender body. But really, she was just two, and she kind of got swallowed up in the pink wave.
This kid, she liked to feed the zoo animals. She even fed the llama whose yellow-stained teeth and known spitting habits intimidated the kid’s grownup mama. But then there was this goat. And, ya see, he tried to eat this kid’s hand. Crocodile tears ensued. No one knows if the kid will enjoy feeding the zoo animals again.
Next on Zoo Tales: Injured Butterflies and the Kid Who Loved Them.
4 Comments
Lindsey Jul 27, 2006 12:27 PM
The goats freak ME out. I’ve never really understood the allure of a petting zoo. So if Livia can’t stand to feed the animals again, she can just come sit by me.
sarah k Jul 27, 2006 2:44 PM
me too…i had some petting zoo goat trauma when i was younger, so i’ll be sitting by lindsey as well.
first photo – livia looks so old!
second photo – love it, with the mouth framed like that. love it.
Kate G. Jul 27, 2006 5:29 PM
I had a horse try to eat my hand when I was little. I remember the adults explaining to me beforehand how I needed to keep my hand flat when I fed it so that it didn’t confuse my fingers for corn bits and chomp me, but I think the fear of that thought made me ball up my fists even more for protection. Don’t know as I’ve fed any horses since then. :o)
Bryonie Jul 30, 2006 4:15 PM
Wow – RT, I can’t believe how big she’s getting. She’s starting to look like a little girl – I love the pigtails – it’s definitely a good look for her…You could call your story, “The kid who ate the kid” hee hee…