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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Adventure
- Published: 08/24/2021
Out of the Zoo
Born 1947, M, from Zurich, SwitzerlandLife in the Zoo is threatened by a new luxury building which will cast eclipsing shadows for most of the day. The Animal Council takes action!
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Cecelia the Blue Gorilla called the Animal Council to order. This Council had been arranged by the Animals themselves – not by some Human interference.
Cecelia: ‘Until now we have had a good life here in the Central Zoo, with only rare occurrence of Humans watching our sunbathing activities through telescopes from their penthouses. They must find it exciting to watch Animals bathe naked!’
‘But now a massive threatening horror is coming upon us! We have heard that Tough Tower 2 (TT2), with thirty floors, will be built on the South Side of the Zoo. You know what this means, that monster will block our daylight for at least five hours per day. This too-much sun eclipsing will scare our young animals!’
‘We know that Tough Tower 1 (TT1) was built under strange circumstances, where building permits suddenly became available - and the forbidden colossus was soon rearing under our noses!’
‘Well we have also heard that the Planning Guy from the town hall suddenly has two luxury autos - one with chauffeur; his kids are now in private schools, and suddenly expensive family vacations have become possible!’
‘Flies on the wall have heard some dealings between the Planning Permit Guy and the Tough Organization!’
When the architects were at the planned site, the Animals tried to organize some resistance. The Elephants cried out loud - as for a stampede. Gophers tied together the shoes laces of the building surveyors, who kept falling over! The sweet innocent-looking Pandas climbed the walls and pick-pocketed the architects of their two-way radios. Cecelia now had connected radios, and the Animal Council could hear the plans of the builders!
At the next day Animal Council Meeting, there were speculations about the best way to deal with the looming gloom! The Lion suggested that the Animals could organize door-to-door signature collection.
Lion added: ‘I will roar at them as a Lion can, and terrify and intimidate them like Ronald Tough did at rallies!
Cecelia interrupted: ‘Even if you wore your Sunday Suit like the illustration at the beginning of this story, you would terrify the potential signatories!’
‘I will scare them, like we do on the golf courses in Florida!’ said Crocodile!
Cecelia finalized: ‘What would you do if Chimpanzees were banging at your door with signature sheets, and Lions and Gorillas were lurking behind? I think you agree that we must find a less threatening way. After all, we want the support of the neighbors, who also feel threatened by increased rental prices - as the nouveau-riche flock to the luxury and wellness center at the top of TT2!
Cecelia continued: ‘Human protesters were pushed aside by a Security Guard Organization called ‘Private Army’, which apparently has some relationship to the Tough Organization. The protesters were forcibly prevented from submitting correctly formulated papers to Judge Fairness, who has to decide on the matter!’
Cecelia went on: ‘I heard from my friend the Zookeeper that the Protesters have documents that show that the plans for TT2 do not meet ‘Green Standards! They heat with coal and cheap oil in winter, and hijack the electric grid for the air conditioners in summer. The Tough Organization has apparently infiltrated all forms of business, with one aim in mind – more Tough!’
Cecelia went on further: ‘The Zookeeper has managed to obtain copies of all of the relevant documents and has copied them for us! We must plan to take documents to Judge’s office tonight, as this is the only legal way to fight! We must place the matter in the hands of Judge Fairness and she will decide tomorrow!’
The plan: ‘The Chimps will ride on Fast horses though the city in the shadows, and Eagle will watch from sky. The eaglets will fly down to the Chimps to report anything suspicious!’
It all went very smoothly while the Human World was asleep. The Fast Horses rode through the shadows, caused by thousands of air-conditioners pulling the electricity while the streetlights were dimmed. Their hooves echoed among the buildings attracting only the attention of a few nightcrawlers! In no time at all, the Chimps rode bareback while clutching the satchel of documents. The Chimps climbed up the courthouse building and found open widows slits on the summer night. The Chimps easily found a way into Judge Fairness’ office, and deposited a folder labeled ‘Personal’ onto the middle of her desk!
A quick scamper back down the drainpipes brought the Chimps back to the Fast Horses, which sped off back towards the Zoo. There were very few humans on the streets as it was too hot in the summer heatwave. Most humans were lying on their couches being blasted with cold air from their air-conditioners! A few all night people may have seen Fast Horses galloping by with Chimps on their backs, but things like that are not unusual in this City!
The next morning Judge Fairness was delayed in her arriving at the Courtroom. She arrived clutching a satchel of documents labeled ‘Personal’. She told the legal representatives for the Tough Organization and those for the Protesters, that she had received new material - which had great bearing on the case! The Tough Lawyers threatened to bomb the courthouse if Judge Fairness did not do want they want. After all Ronald Tough himself had ordered execution of his workers for informing the Press about his “Fleeing to the Bunker’!
Judge Fairness stood her ground and announced: ‘The plans for TT2 do not consider the requirements for ‘Green Standards’! I understand there was once a plan to directly pipe raw Alaskan Oil into the basement, but the swimming pool was already full of wannabe partygoers! The way the case is presented here and now would not be successful even in the Supreme Court, despite personal connections! I proclaim that TT2 cannot be built, at least until the Judges have been exchanged, or enough partisan politicians find another way of legal objection. This is not a partisan matter, it is about life for everybody in our City. Not the least for the Animals in the Zoo!
The Flies hiding on walls in the Courtroom rapidly passed the news onto Cecelia and the Animal Council. They had further heard that the Tough Organization was under investigation for many financial dealings that looked curious! So unless Ronald could make the business one of his 'stealing from me’ stories, even his Political Friends and supporters would not put up their promised cash to build TT2!
A few months later, new plans arrived on Judge Fairness’ desk to build a new Natural History museum four stories high, not high enough to induce daily sun eclipses, and no overnight snoopers on the rooftops telescoping down to the zoo.
Cecelia announced: ‘The giraffes will get aggressive if daytime snoopers are trying to snoop into the Zoo. I thank everybody for helping Judge Fairness not being bullied by ‘big money’!
Out of the Zoo(Alan Bruce)
Life in the Zoo is threatened by a new luxury building which will cast eclipsing shadows for most of the day. The Animal Council takes action!
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Cecelia the Blue Gorilla called the Animal Council to order. This Council had been arranged by the Animals themselves – not by some Human interference.
Cecelia: ‘Until now we have had a good life here in the Central Zoo, with only rare occurrence of Humans watching our sunbathing activities through telescopes from their penthouses. They must find it exciting to watch Animals bathe naked!’
‘But now a massive threatening horror is coming upon us! We have heard that Tough Tower 2 (TT2), with thirty floors, will be built on the South Side of the Zoo. You know what this means, that monster will block our daylight for at least five hours per day. This too-much sun eclipsing will scare our young animals!’
‘We know that Tough Tower 1 (TT1) was built under strange circumstances, where building permits suddenly became available - and the forbidden colossus was soon rearing under our noses!’
‘Well we have also heard that the Planning Guy from the town hall suddenly has two luxury autos - one with chauffeur; his kids are now in private schools, and suddenly expensive family vacations have become possible!’
‘Flies on the wall have heard some dealings between the Planning Permit Guy and the Tough Organization!’
When the architects were at the planned site, the Animals tried to organize some resistance. The Elephants cried out loud - as for a stampede. Gophers tied together the shoes laces of the building surveyors, who kept falling over! The sweet innocent-looking Pandas climbed the walls and pick-pocketed the architects of their two-way radios. Cecelia now had connected radios, and the Animal Council could hear the plans of the builders!
At the next day Animal Council Meeting, there were speculations about the best way to deal with the looming gloom! The Lion suggested that the Animals could organize door-to-door signature collection.
Lion added: ‘I will roar at them as a Lion can, and terrify and intimidate them like Ronald Tough did at rallies!
Cecelia interrupted: ‘Even if you wore your Sunday Suit like the illustration at the beginning of this story, you would terrify the potential signatories!’
‘I will scare them, like we do on the golf courses in Florida!’ said Crocodile!
Cecelia finalized: ‘What would you do if Chimpanzees were banging at your door with signature sheets, and Lions and Gorillas were lurking behind? I think you agree that we must find a less threatening way. After all, we want the support of the neighbors, who also feel threatened by increased rental prices - as the nouveau-riche flock to the luxury and wellness center at the top of TT2!
Cecelia continued: ‘Human protesters were pushed aside by a Security Guard Organization called ‘Private Army’, which apparently has some relationship to the Tough Organization. The protesters were forcibly prevented from submitting correctly formulated papers to Judge Fairness, who has to decide on the matter!’
Cecelia went on: ‘I heard from my friend the Zookeeper that the Protesters have documents that show that the plans for TT2 do not meet ‘Green Standards! They heat with coal and cheap oil in winter, and hijack the electric grid for the air conditioners in summer. The Tough Organization has apparently infiltrated all forms of business, with one aim in mind – more Tough!’
Cecelia went on further: ‘The Zookeeper has managed to obtain copies of all of the relevant documents and has copied them for us! We must plan to take documents to Judge’s office tonight, as this is the only legal way to fight! We must place the matter in the hands of Judge Fairness and she will decide tomorrow!’
The plan: ‘The Chimps will ride on Fast horses though the city in the shadows, and Eagle will watch from sky. The eaglets will fly down to the Chimps to report anything suspicious!’
It all went very smoothly while the Human World was asleep. The Fast Horses rode through the shadows, caused by thousands of air-conditioners pulling the electricity while the streetlights were dimmed. Their hooves echoed among the buildings attracting only the attention of a few nightcrawlers! In no time at all, the Chimps rode bareback while clutching the satchel of documents. The Chimps climbed up the courthouse building and found open widows slits on the summer night. The Chimps easily found a way into Judge Fairness’ office, and deposited a folder labeled ‘Personal’ onto the middle of her desk!
A quick scamper back down the drainpipes brought the Chimps back to the Fast Horses, which sped off back towards the Zoo. There were very few humans on the streets as it was too hot in the summer heatwave. Most humans were lying on their couches being blasted with cold air from their air-conditioners! A few all night people may have seen Fast Horses galloping by with Chimps on their backs, but things like that are not unusual in this City!
The next morning Judge Fairness was delayed in her arriving at the Courtroom. She arrived clutching a satchel of documents labeled ‘Personal’. She told the legal representatives for the Tough Organization and those for the Protesters, that she had received new material - which had great bearing on the case! The Tough Lawyers threatened to bomb the courthouse if Judge Fairness did not do want they want. After all Ronald Tough himself had ordered execution of his workers for informing the Press about his “Fleeing to the Bunker’!
Judge Fairness stood her ground and announced: ‘The plans for TT2 do not consider the requirements for ‘Green Standards’! I understand there was once a plan to directly pipe raw Alaskan Oil into the basement, but the swimming pool was already full of wannabe partygoers! The way the case is presented here and now would not be successful even in the Supreme Court, despite personal connections! I proclaim that TT2 cannot be built, at least until the Judges have been exchanged, or enough partisan politicians find another way of legal objection. This is not a partisan matter, it is about life for everybody in our City. Not the least for the Animals in the Zoo!
The Flies hiding on walls in the Courtroom rapidly passed the news onto Cecelia and the Animal Council. They had further heard that the Tough Organization was under investigation for many financial dealings that looked curious! So unless Ronald could make the business one of his 'stealing from me’ stories, even his Political Friends and supporters would not put up their promised cash to build TT2!
A few months later, new plans arrived on Judge Fairness’ desk to build a new Natural History museum four stories high, not high enough to induce daily sun eclipses, and no overnight snoopers on the rooftops telescoping down to the zoo.
Cecelia announced: ‘The giraffes will get aggressive if daytime snoopers are trying to snoop into the Zoo. I thank everybody for helping Judge Fairness not being bullied by ‘big money’!
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Help Us Understand What's Happening
Shirley Smothers
08/30/2021What a cute story. This can be for Adults and Children. If Animals could only fight against Humans boy would we be in trouble! Great story and great illustration.
ReplyHelp Us Understand What's Happening
Alan Bruce
08/30/2021Thanks Shirley,
I think we can only mark one intended age-group per story.
After all Humans are also Animals, and theoretically only attack or take revenge when threatened!
Have a nice evening,
Alan
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JD
08/25/2021I'm glad the animals prevailed against the powers that conspired against them. Great illustration to go with your story. Thanks, Alan! : )
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Help Us Understand What's Happening
Alan Bruce
08/25/2021Dear JD,
lets hope that the Animals will always prevail.
Have a good day!
Alan
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