Parames Ghosh Dadu

A Picnic with Zoo Friends: & Schooling of Zoo Animals Parames Ghosh Dadu

Publisher Marketing: Love to see zoo animals in their cages. They may bite us, they may even kill us. But what can we do with their cubs, the baby animals? Love to play with them, love to talk to them in their way and teach them how to behave. Could we get them to schools and enjoy picnics with them? The teacher in the school was a big Elephant. With his long trunk, he was guiding his four students - Giraffette, Kangrette and cubs of the Lion and the Tiger - Lionette and Tigrette. On a big trampoline the students were jumping and dancing. Good that the teacher Elephant was not on the trampoline to tear it down. Elephant was throwing a ball on the trampoline so that a student could catch the ball and throw it back to the teacher. Later, the students were all on the ground and doing some tricks. Once all of them lay on their back and clapped with their hands i.e. their front legs. Next they clapped with hands and legs at the same time. Soon they were asked to stand first on their four legs, and then on their hands i.e. their front legs. The picnic spot was loved by all participants. It was a big forest where wild animals roam about everyday; but on this day all ferocious animals have been moved to another forest so that zoo-school students could enjoy to their hearts' content. Still there were many animals to play with; deer were dancing to picnic music, while monkeys were swinging in the trees. Zoo-school students displayed their circus feats to the animals in the forest. They climbed trees, walked on two legs, had somersaults in unison. They also swam in the big pond with their space suits on. There was so much fun that they hardly realised that they had to break for lunch. In this picnic, the students did not have to cook their food; prepared lunch packs arrived there. They all said 'KHABO' and rushed for food. Food packs were designed to suit the taste of each student. Millie and Noor had parathas, pastas and sausages in their packs. After the sumptuous lunch, some of the students started yawning, while most of them wanted to make best use of the day by playing and running in the forest. Just about this time, someone realised Tigrette was missing. Where is she?