My trip to London zoo... By Nelly Trunks of class 2

Hi everyone, I really hope you like reading this one all about Nelly's Trunks trip to London Zoo! I must admit i had a lot of fun writing this one! Can you Imagine what the teachers at St Francies school are all going to say about Nelly's Essay? :)
I must say A massive Thank You to Sylvanako For kindly helping me Photoshop my photos - This little project was started in august but as my friend disappeared and he was the only one who knew how to use photoshop - i was stuck and had to ask for some help - so Thank You Thank You Sylvanako for making this story come Alive!!! :) Now on with the story!!

My trip to London zoo... By Nelly Trunks of class 2 

One day, I was very lucky and I was invited on a trip to London zoo! As you can see; I am an Elephant and I love seeing wild animals. In class we have been learning about different animals of the world and this trip gave me the opportunity to see real animals and spend some time with my owner! 

I started the day by having a good breakfast, which my mother kindly made for me and a packed lunch ready for my trip. I got ready and waited for my owner to collect me and off we went.                       

First of all we had to jump on a train, Not just one but 3! It was a long journey. And as it was nearly lunchtime we got to eat something before going in, I was very good and ate my lunch in my owner’s bag and saving some for going home. As a good Sylvanian should! Before long we were off again. A long walk to find the zoo entrance! It took us a good 20 minutes before we got there, going past shops, lots of people going about their day, windy roads and major crossings. We had to make sure we looked out for the cars, vans, buses and coaches going past! 

The entrance came insight and we were soon inside, I’m glad we were given a map, otherwise we would have gotten lost as the zoo is very big! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the map, as a small Sylvanian it made me feel even smaller but just as excited as many children my age would be going for a trip out to a zoo!  

                                                                          

Our first stop was the birds of prey, Wow they were big and a little scary if you ask me, I could have been swallowed up in 1 gulp. Thank goodness for the bars! I took a mental note to stay VERY close to my owner so I couldn’t get lost or swallowed up! One of these birds was very old and he had been very naughty when he first arrived in the 1970s, he escaped 2 times!!! That reminds me of my cheeky baby brother and sister who are twins! Anyway where was I, oh yes next we went past some monkeys who were being given fruit... Mm yum. We saw quite a few different monkeys at the start and looked like they were having fun; they do look funny with their bits hanging out... It made me giggle! 

Next we went to the area of Tigers. The first animal we came across was a bearded boar, which was enjoying rolling a bright pink ball around, my owner said it is a treat ball and it’s trying to get the treats out by rolling it! I wonder what Mr Eustis Truffle would have thought seeing him or her? He’s one of them and has tusks too!! We then saw a Very sleepy tiger that was perched high up on a rock in its enclosure. I think it must be fun being able to chill out like that all day (we went past going home and it was still there!) I wonder if they have treat balls too? I know the Macavity cats at home like to play with balls of wool! As we wondered round the tiger area we saw lots of tiger facts... Like how long they sleep and how high they can jump! We also saw some camels that just happened to be munching on a big bale of hay... Which mustn’t be very tasty? 

Within the Tiger area, we discovered an old building... It housed a whole mix of animals from Tapirs to ferrets to an Armadillo! The armadillo wanted to say hello, and was playing peekaboo with us! There was also some sort of small fox to but I have forgotten its name but they sat still for a photo with me! We also discovered that this was where they used to house elephants back in the early days but they don’t have them anymore... I was really excited this morning about seeing my Elephant cousins and now very disappointed!! 

Next stop was Penguin Island! We saw about 20 of them swimming about or sunbathing! Two of the swimming ones had taken interest in a teenager’s bag... Each time she moved it, they followed! It was very funny thing to see! They must have thought she had food in there! We also saw two baby chicks who were being incubated in there mini hospital! They are all round, fluffy and quite noisy - even through the glass!! 

Off we went again... Next we saw some rather noisy swarking parrots in there special enclosures. There must have been 6 green ones and 4 red ones. I loved seeing the different colours of their feathers and how they interacted with each other! But that noise, oh my, gave my big elephant ears an ache! Next was a Polly tunnel type thing which housed hundreds of butterflies and moths! It was amazing but a tad scary with them flying all around us! One big one even landed on a buggy! This gave the youngster jump! I think it stayed on their until we left!! We then wondered past a lake that had flamingos and pelicans on, but they weren't very interesting so we wondered on. 

As we wondered through, we came across a building which housed millions of insects. They were thankfully in their particular exhibits and remained inside but euwwww, I don’t like spiders, cockroaches or slimy things!!! Yuck yuck yuck... It was the worst and scariest part of the trip... But while we were there, they had a small aquarium which wasn’t scary at all, and look I even got a photo with a colourful fish!!

Our favourite part of the zoo was next! It was called in with the Monkeys! Black capped squirrel monkeys. They were adorable and very quick! There was a mother and her baby. Oh so cute and tiny, clinging on for dear life. There were no bars or glass and the monkeys were very near us! They had a small climbing thing for children and one of the monkeys jumped on the balance beam!! So we got some super pictures! Next stop was in with the birds... A right mixture of different kinds, just going about their business while we wondered through, thankfully none of them did a poo on me! 

Soon we wondered into an area especially for children. We saw mongooses, mini dog and my fave Meerkats!! Oh my, I got some fab pics with them in the background! They are small and inquisitive and stay in their family group for safety. They were so cute too! 

Next stop we visited the giraffes, zebras and pigmy hippos. They were all cute and I knew they were from Africa, which is where we elephants are from. It made me wonder if they missed home but they seemed to be happy. I suppose you could say, 'I felt like I was at home'. If I was wild I would be running around with my family alongside giraffes and zebras! Can you see the PhotoBombing Giraffe?

We left the Africa area and a little walk down we found an attraction called "In with the Lemurs". They were in a big enclosure that we could walk through, they were all around - some sleeping and others chilling out together. So cute they are to with their black and white fluff. 

The next section was about the rainforest and some was in the pitch black. For all the animals of the rainforest, like the hairless mouse and Eye-ye. We saw some other monkeys and birds before we left.  When we got outside it was rather pleasant as it was rather stuffy in the rainforest area. 

Before we went home we found another place that housed Meerkats and a reindeer to. We got some more nice photos and then headed home. 

It was amazing day out and I cannot wait to tell all my friends about my special trip to London Zoo!