THE
ZOO
by Ken Samuel
This
is my second choose-your-own-adventure
story.
You went to a zoo. But you found that you didn't have enough money to
get in. You need 50¢, but you only have 45¢. What can you do?
You throw the penny at the monkey, and he screetches his thanks. Now
you go into the zoo.
You pick up the stick and fight the bobcat while
yelling for help. It's
hard to do both, and the bobcat is gaining an advantage over you. You
must drop the stick and run or stop yelling for help.
You wish hard that you had a nickle, but no fairy comes. Then you see a
balloon. You hold on to it, and you start to fly --- wow! You fly over
the wall and down again.
"What???" shouts the girl's mother. And she kills you.
You tell the manager to get your map back. He says he won't. "Then I'll
go in there and get it myself," you threaten. He says, "Go ahead." You
see a crowd around the peacock.
You go and see the elephants. Then, one elephant reaches its trunk over
the fence and pulls you in. Luckily, the other people threw peanuts, so
the elephant forgot about you. You run off to the peacock.
You say, "I'm sorry, little girl."
You walk backwards. You fall into the hands of the crooks, who kill you.
You would rather leave the zoo than stay, so you go home. At home, it
is boring. Then you find 50¢ in the couch. So, you go back to the
zoo again.
You pay and get into the zoo. Now, you wonder what to do first.
You take a deep breath and jump in. You go deep and see lots of seals.
Then you go up for a breath of air. Everyone laughs when they see you.
But a mysterious man suddenly walks away. He's probably going to get
that picture from the camera to see if you are the guilty one.
You walk forward. Soon, your blindfold falls off, and you find yourself
outside of the zoo. You decide to go home now.
You open the gate and then go in, closing the gate behind you. Then,
out of the hole comes a bobcat. You see a large stick nearby.
You go meet your mother. She's pleasantly surprised, and she says,
"Let's celebrate our reunion at the peacock." You say, "Let's celebrate
right here."
You feel sorry for the beggar, so you give him the dime. He thanks you
very much. Then he looks at the dime and says, "WHOOPY! I've looked all
over for you, Baby!" He gives you a dollar and a penny. Then you see a
monkey doing tricks.
You walk around without a map. Then, someone behind you wraps a
blindfold over your eyes and says, "This is a stick up! Put your hands
behind your back!" After he finishes tying your hands together,
somebody further away shouts, "Hey Freddy, come
here! I've got a rich guy." The man behind you
says, "Wait right here." Then he walks away. You still have the
blindfold on.
You walk to the right and bump into a cage. Then somebody unties your
hands and takes off your blindfold. You find yourself at the peacock
cage.
You say, "Okay," but the girl's mother is already gone. You find it
very easy, because you just sit on the bench and watch her play. Then a
beautiful woman comes along and says hello. She asks you if you will go
see the polar bear with her. Then you remember the girl. What should
you do?
You throw the dollar at the monkey, but then the wind blows it back to
you.
You stay. Then a man comes up. It is the man who took your picture when
you entered. You are frozen. He says, "Remember earlier when I was
taking a picture of my wife, and you got in the way?" You leave the zoo.
You are in the middle of the water, yelling for help. It is hard to
yell and stay above water at the same time. So you drown.
You look at the kangaroo. Then the baby kangaroo hops out. You run
after Joey, and at last you catch him. Then you turn around, and there
is one of the zoo managers. He's angry. You drop the kangaroo and run.
You go and find that the price of maps is 5¢. Then, over by the
seals, you see your mother.
You help her up the ladder, and then her mother comes along and says,
"Thank you. Will you babysit Laura?"
You go to see the rhinoceros. He is silly-looking. Then you see the
peacock nearby. You go to the peacock. Then you hear laughing over by
the rhinoceros. You go there and see your map of the zoo is stuck on
his horn. You decide to let him have it, since the maps are free. But
then you notice that they have raised the price of maps to 5¢. You
don't want to pay, so you can do one of the following things.
You pick up the stick and start to fight the bobcat. All the people
watch in amazement. Then the bobcat gets bored and wanders back into
his hole. That is when the zoo managers come along and tell you to go
home.
The End
You have snuck into the zoo. Then you look up and <snap>! Oh no!
Someone has taken your picture. You must hide. Where should you hide?
You see a big area that has a hole at the back, where the animal must
be. Also, you are a very good swimmer, so you could go with the seals.
You run past the gate, and the man says, "Hey, mister!" You don't look
at him in case he has seen your picture. "What's your phone number?"
You say, "377-6624" quickly, as you run past him. When you get home,
the telephone rings. It is the man. He says, "I have to pay you a
dollar for being the fastest runner today."
You look at the peacock. It is very pretty. Then a man comes and says,
"Get out. It's closing time." So you leave.
You go into the cage. The rhinoceros roars and charges at you. You
can't see any way out, when suddenly, a monkey reaches down, catches
you, and pulls you up. Now you are still alive, but you are stuck in
the monkey cage, and you find it hard to live on bananas.
You make faces at a baby monkey, but then his big mother comes along
and roars at you. You run away and find yourself between the giraffe
and the rhinoceros.
You walk to the left. Suddenly, you hear a roar. You have gone through
an open door into the lion cage. It kills you.
You swim quickly to the other side, but the hippo is catching up with
you. You get out of the water, and the hippo gets out too. You yell,
"Help!" "Aw, don't worry. Jimmy wouldn't hurt a fly," a zoo man says.
But you are wet and cold, so you go home.
You want to look at something at the other end of the zoo, where you
aren't likely to be found. You can start running that way, but then you
see that they are selling zoo maps just behind the lions.
You get a map of the zoo. The closest things to you are the rhinoceros,
the hippopotomous, and the peacock.
You go to the hippopotomous. You hear some kids
behind you chasing each
other. Then one of them bumps into you, and you fall in the water. You
see the hippo heading toward you. You could try to swim to the side of
the pool. But then you would need help to get out.
You yell for help and run, but the bobcat isn't running after you. He
goes back into his hole. The people help you out of the exhibit, and
you go to rest at the park. Then a little girl asks you to help her up
the ladder to the slide.
You decide to go home and forget it. Then you notice something shining.
It is a dime. As you pick it up, you see a beggar.
You change the dollar bill into a silver dollar so you can throw it at
the monkey. But after you change it, you find the monkey isn't there
anymore. Then you see him on the other side of the street, so you go
over and throw the coin at him. Now you don't have enough money to get
into the zoo.
You go to the giraffe and there you find a pretty girl. Together you
two go to see either the hippopotomous or the kangaroo.
You start to run off. Then you wonder where to go.
You stand still. Nothing happens.
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