Authors Note: This is a point of view piece from the perspective of a
lemur in a zoo. Reader’s should look for the funny descriptions of objects, but
from what I think a lemur would think/ talk like, and the respectable word
choice for a lemur! It also has some feeling that I think a lemur would have
towards people.
I sit
in the corner, wondering what life is like out of this metal box thing. I don’t
know why but every day I am stuck in here and every single person that walks by
here just watches me and smiles; sometimes they even have these horrible squares
that makes a ridiculously bright flash that hurts my head. And one time one of
the little people started to throw these tiny, oddly shaped balls at me; They
taste salty and have a weird, thick liquid on them. They started to throw them
at me and one hit me right between my eyes. It hurt, but the worst part was
after he hit me he started to laugh and then he ran away!
I think the worst part about being in this box all day is those people
with the brown shorts and hats, I like to call them “The Zoo Keepers”, because
that’s what the little people call them when they come in my box. Whenever “Zoo
Keepers” come in I run to the back of my box and try to not let their evil
claws grab me. I desperately try to jump from branch to branch, and run between
the slow one’s legs. But eventually they get frustrated and call for more of
them, then they back me against a wall.
Whenever I get hungry “The Zoo Keepers” showed me how to hit this red
part of the wall and then food comes out, I’m not sure how it works, but it
gets them excited and then I get a orange slice! And when it’s really hot “Mary”
the only good zoo keeper, brings out this amazing stringy thing that flings
water at me, it really cools me down! When it’s really cold outside she
brings in a warm, squishy square that I can sleep on. Sometimes when there
isn’t a lot of people Mary brings me a toy that will keep me busy. Like one
time she gave me a bouncy ball with holes in it and inside was apple and orange
slices; It was so fun, but then she took it back before I could get all of them
out!
But the only thing that tops all of that is when at night Mary lets me
hold her finger and walk around the zoo after the zoo is closed, but before I
go to bed, of course. Then when we get to this big, gray building she picks me
up and puts this shiny thing into a little box, then Mary pulls it down and out
of a hole and opens the door. Inside we walk for a little bit and then she
makes me go in this room with hay in it and a big round black thing with a
blanket inside; That means it’s time for me to go to sleep. “Uh-Oh Mary’s
calling me, so Goodnight”.
