A Zebra's Tale

Once upon a time there was a zebra who lived in a place called the Wildlife Ranch in San Antonio Texas. He lived a rather nice life watching the world go by with visitors coming and going pretty often to make life interesting. One day he was thinking...."I wonder if there are any other creatures who have black and white stripes like me?"
Well, just that moment there was a funny silver animal passing by and the zebra decided to go take a look. He liked the look of that silver animal because often animals that looked very similar passed by, and even though they didn't talk to him, they carried inside of them other funny looking animals that did and those animals usually had very nice things that they liked to feed him. When he took a look inside, to his amazement, there was the most gorgeous female creature he had ever seen sitting inside!

She had stripes!!! Perfect black and white stripes!

He posed for her while she held up a small thing that often flashed that these creatures favored, hoping that she would decide to feed him.

After getting a little something to eat from beautiful creature he noticed that one of his zebra friends was having a hard time getting any food from the female on the other side of the big silver animal. He went over to help

"Watch me. I'll show you what they like the best." He told his friend.

"First, you have to get their attention so they know they need to remove the barrier between you."

"Saying 'please' never hurts."

"Talk a little to them, they like that."

"Get nice and close so they realize that you aren't afraid and they don't need to be either."

"Offering a kiss never goes amiss"

"Be sure to admire their young. They think that's great and always make the sweetest little squealing sounds when you do."

"If they still seem a little reluctant, laugh with them a bit. It always makes them more receptive."

"Don't forget to keep smiling. Show lots of teeth!"

"Then, when they do bring out the treats, make sure to open REAL wide! If your lucky, they'll have good aim and toss the treats right in!"

"Make sure they can see those stripes inside your mouth. They like that, too."

"After they finish giving out the treats don't forget to thank them by giving them another one of those big smiles. Show those teeth! (Do I have something stuck in mine?)"

The zebra and his friend really enjoyed their visit with the beautiful creatures inside the silver animal. After everyone had shared the treats they were ready to go. Everyone was left feeling very good about the visit.



(And everyone searched for stray treats that might have dropped afterwards!)

THE END!!!!