Belly up gibbs5/19/2023 ![]() There were signs posted everywhere telling them not to feed the animals, or bang on the glass of their exhibits, or harass them in any way, but they all did it anyhow. That’s just ’cause you’re not paying attention. Right now, you’re the only person I see making trouble. "Why don’t you arrest some real criminals for once?" I asked. She was making a big show of apprehending me in front of a crowd of tourists, shoving me up against the rail of the chimp exhibit and frisking me for weapons-like I was a mugger in some urban back alley instead of a twelve-year-old boy at FunJungle, the newest, most family-friendly theme park in the world. You’re in big trouble this time, Teddy, she snarled. ![]() She’d always try to hide behind rocks and trees and stuff, but it was never hard to spot her, because Marge was built like a rhinoceros. I saw her slinking after me all the time. Marge O’Malley was a security guard, but all she did most days was follow me around, waiting for me to cause trouble. I’d just been busted for giving the chimpanzees water balloons when I first heard something was wrong at Hippo River. ![]()
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