What I Think a Lemur Would Be Like

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”.