My Zoo Adventure

I’m back in Lily Pad Hollow this weekend, just relaxing beside the crisp, cool waters of the pond and enjoying a mosquito milkshake with my two best buddies, Phinn and Croak. This is the first weekend in a while that I haven’t had something to do and it feels nice to just hang out with my friends.

With all this time on my hands, I’ve had some time to think about some of my past adventures. One of them comes to mind as one of my favorites – my zoo adventure. That’s right! A while ago, I, Ribbit McFly, got to visit a zoo with some of my favorite little humans.

I'm told this big hairy
beast is called a bear.

On the bus ride there, Mrs. Hall told us all about the types of animals we would see and I couldn’t believe how many cool creatures lived in the zoo. I mean, R.T. Hopkins would have leapt for joy to get to see these animals up close and personal. He could have written like a hundred books just from the animals we were about to see in one day. I knew this was going to be an awesome adventure!

When we finally arrived at the zoo, I couldn’t wait to see the animals I had heard so much about. Mrs. Hall gathered us all together and told us that we could break off into small groups and explore on our own (with a parent to look after us, of course). How cool was that? I quickly picked a few of my best friends from class and we wasted no time in getting started.

Silly Monkeys

The first animals we saw were called giraffes. They had the longest, most ridiculous necks I had ever seen! It would take all the frogs in Lily Pad Hollow standing on top of each other just to touch the nose of that incredible animal. I could’ve used that giraffe to help me get my favorite acorn frizbee out of the tall tree in Old Frog Amphibulus’ yard. Maybe they would let me take one home with me? Probably not, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.

Here's the meanie owl

With spirits high, we quickly moved on to see some other animals. They had animals called tigers (yikes, their sharp teeth were scary), monkeys (they seemed like a ton of fun), penguins (I loved their fancy looking outfits), and even owls like Ollie. I carefully approached one of the owls because I wanted to ask if he knew Ollie, but he actually tried to attack me! I’m telling you – as soon as he caught sight of me, he started tugging at the rope on his foot, eyeing me as if I were lunch. I didn’t care for that at all, so my group of humans and I got out of there real quick.

When the sun hung high in the sky, it was time for us to head back. We had a little time before school ended, so I drew a picture of all the animals I saw and brought it back to Lily Pad Hollow to share with my class at Dragonfly Elementary. The other frogs asked a lot of questions and seemed interested in the zoo, all except Kilroy and Squiggy that is. They kept saying that I was making the whole thing up. I just ignored them because I knew the truth and now I even have some pictures to prove it. See you on the next adventure!

My favorite place  - the Insect Zoo!
 If only I could've figured out a way to get through the glass!
Then I could have had a delicious lunch. Yum!