The noisy group of schoolchildren clustered around the final cage of their field trip to the zoo. Rhoda Samuel, their guide, looked around, smiled a large, fake smile and then began her explanation of the animal in the cage.
"So, children, this is quite a rare animal, so please be quiet as we have not yet figured out what does and does not irritate it. It is a- yes, child?"
At this time, the class nerd, Jeanne Evans, had raised her hand.
"Please, miss, how much time has the zoo had this animal?"
"A few months now, dear, why?" Rhoda said coolly.
"Well, since a few months is equivalent to at least ninety days, surely you should now know the animal's behavior, specially if the animal is a cross breed!" Jeanne said indignantly, "really, this behavior is quite disgraceful! I mean, if you-"
"Thank you very much for that summary, dear, though it was most unnecessary," Rhoda cut in, looking a little embarrassed,"but, yes, the animal is a cross breed. It is a cross between a leopard and a lion! Anyone knows what it's called?"
"Um, yeah, duh! It's called a leopon! And FYI, it's really cruel to animals to raise them in captivity and then create new breeds for stupid experiments!" Jeanne said loudly without waiting for Rhoda to choose her.
"Yes, correct," said the guide, looking quite flustered now and deciding to ignore the rest of Jeanne's comments," the leopon is a hybrid which results from the crossing of a male leopard and a lioness. Any questions?"
Nobody raised their hand. In fact, most of the school group were sighing, looking bored.
"Alright, then, presenting to you… the leopon!" Rhoda said brightly, pointing to the cage behind her.
At first glance, the cage only seemed to contain a small cave, a stream and grass. However, if you looked closely, you would notice a lump of brown and yellow spots at the entrance of the cave. Suddenly, a roar came from the leopon.
Rhoda looked around the school group. To her delight, many of them seemed impressed, and some even scared! This was going to be very funny.
The leopon suddenly leaped up in a most un-animal-like fashion and ran to the cage door on it's fours. It scratched at the bars and growled, sounding a little strange. Now most of the group had backed off from the cage, terrified.
"All visitors, please exit the zoo immediately. The zoo will be closing in a few minutes" an announcement suddenly cut through the group's whimpers and moans.
All of the students started walking as fast as they could towards the zoo gates. As soon as Rhoda was sure they were gone, she sighed in relief. That was one difficult school group!
"That was difficult, wasn't it, Rhodes?" asked a voice from the cage.
Rhoda turned around and smiled at the small, balding man inside the cage, who was taking off the large, fake leopon head.
"I'll say, Mike! The good thing is that we got them fooled, didn't we? They actually believe that there's a leopon at our small zoo!"
"So, children, this is quite a rare animal, so please be quiet as we have not yet figured out what does and does not irritate it. It is a- yes, child?"
At this time, the class nerd, Jeanne Evans, had raised her hand.
"Please, miss, how much time has the zoo had this animal?"
"A few months now, dear, why?" Rhoda said coolly.
"Well, since a few months is equivalent to at least ninety days, surely you should now know the animal's behavior, specially if the animal is a cross breed!" Jeanne said indignantly, "really, this behavior is quite disgraceful! I mean, if you-"
"Thank you very much for that summary, dear, though it was most unnecessary," Rhoda cut in, looking a little embarrassed,"but, yes, the animal is a cross breed. It is a cross between a leopard and a lion! Anyone knows what it's called?"
"Um, yeah, duh! It's called a leopon! And FYI, it's really cruel to animals to raise them in captivity and then create new breeds for stupid experiments!" Jeanne said loudly without waiting for Rhoda to choose her.
"Yes, correct," said the guide, looking quite flustered now and deciding to ignore the rest of Jeanne's comments," the leopon is a hybrid which results from the crossing of a male leopard and a lioness. Any questions?"
Nobody raised their hand. In fact, most of the school group were sighing, looking bored.
"Alright, then, presenting to you… the leopon!" Rhoda said brightly, pointing to the cage behind her.
At first glance, the cage only seemed to contain a small cave, a stream and grass. However, if you looked closely, you would notice a lump of brown and yellow spots at the entrance of the cave. Suddenly, a roar came from the leopon.
Rhoda looked around the school group. To her delight, many of them seemed impressed, and some even scared! This was going to be very funny.
The leopon suddenly leaped up in a most un-animal-like fashion and ran to the cage door on it's fours. It scratched at the bars and growled, sounding a little strange. Now most of the group had backed off from the cage, terrified.
"All visitors, please exit the zoo immediately. The zoo will be closing in a few minutes" an announcement suddenly cut through the group's whimpers and moans.
All of the students started walking as fast as they could towards the zoo gates. As soon as Rhoda was sure they were gone, she sighed in relief. That was one difficult school group!
"That was difficult, wasn't it, Rhodes?" asked a voice from the cage.
Rhoda turned around and smiled at the small, balding man inside the cage, who was taking off the large, fake leopon head.
"I'll say, Mike! The good thing is that we got them fooled, didn't we? They actually believe that there's a leopon at our small zoo!"
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