sad zoo

mama, daddy and i took a drive to a little zoo in lansing, michigan's capital. we were excited when we got there because we thought we were going to be able to ride a camel, but there were so few animals there that we didn't even have to pay to get in. the building that had fish in it wasn't very clean and i think nemo was sad. and the area where the peacocks and ducks and other birds were was really dirty with lots of icky #2 droppings. the only neat thing was that there was a white peacock that mom and daddy said they had never seen before. but then we went and saw the tigers. there was one outside and one inside. the one outside was really sad and just walking in a circle in his really small yard. and the one inside was so sad he was just laying there staring at us. daddy tried to be silly and told us that he was thinking about eating us, but he was just really sad. mama was telling him that we were sorry he was in here and told me how zoos aren't that good of places for these big animals because they're not living in the jungle or forest or desert where they really belong. that makes me sad. i love our zoo because our animals have lots of space to live in, but this zoo was so little and most of the animals didn't have friends to play with. it wasn't very nice. it was really sad. i was kind of excited to see an ostrich when we were leaving, though. we don't have those at our zoo. they're the biggest birds on earth!!