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July 20: A Wild, Wild Place
Posted On: July 19, 2007 11:18 AM
Posted By: LauderBLOGGER
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I don’t get it. I mean, what happened anyway? It’s been a week and Jensen hasn’t called me. A whole week! We went together to visit his cousin and swim in the hotel pool, right? No texts or emails or cell calls since then. Nada! I almost wish we were in school now. At least I could see him. Maybe he’s just busy, I guess. But maybe he doesn’t want to go out with me anymore.
But I’m not sitting around waiting, ya know? That would be dumb! So Juliette, my best girlfriend, and I are getting together all the time again. Sometimes her dorky brother, Spencer, comes too. He went to the beach with us twice last week. Yuck! He’s SO like in love with me or something. Yeah, right! I just was hoping we’d run into Jensen, and his twin brother Jason, at the beach. We didn’t! Total bummer!!
But we did have fun anyway. Especially today. Because Dad took Juliette and me to this super cool, super wild house in Fort Lauderdale. And yes, Spencer had to come with us. Of course! But it was still so much fun. It’s called the Bonnet House. Ever heard of it? I hadn’t either! But I’m glad I know all about it now. It’s this big place, like a park really. And there’s a crazy house with funny stuff all over it. And they’ve got wild animals. LOTS of wild animals!
That’s the first thing we saw. We’re walking from our car across this wooden bridge and we see it. This beautiful tall white bird, standing in the water. He’s fishing! Spencer thinks that’s so funny – a bird standing there fishing. Like I said, he’s just a kid. I’m a real teenager now, remember? I turned 13 last week. So I guess I have to just ignore all Spencer’s kid stuff. I guess older kids had to ignore my kid stuff when I was his age.
So anyway, we’re at the Bonnet House. And Dad says, “That’s a heron! Shhh! Don’t laugh or you’ll scare him away! He’s looking for his lunch!” So we all just watch this big bird. The heron stands there, totally silent. Not moving a muscle. Then he sees a fish and – WAM! He grabs the fish and swallows it. Then he stands there a long time. Digesting his lunch, I guess! Pretty funny when a bird acts like a human that way.
Then we pay to go through the gate to see the best stuff. There's a huge outdoorsy area. You can’t believe this place is right in the middle of a busy city! We look in the gift shop, which has some great things. I bought Dad some cool coasters as a gift. He can put them under his drink glass when he’s watching TV. He liked that! I mean, it seemed like a nice thing to do. He’s always taking me places and everything like that, right?
So ya know what we see next? A fox! I mean, a real fox! Maybe only ten feet away from us. And we also go walking around this crazy house I keep telling you about. Next week I’ll tell you why it’s so crazy, ok? I’m not kidding! This is the craziest place I’ve ever seen – but really pretty too. If you like wild paintings on the ceiling! Or walls made from seashells! You won’t believe this place! See ya again real soon!!!
But I’m not sitting around waiting, ya know? That would be dumb! So Juliette, my best girlfriend, and I are getting together all the time again. Sometimes her dorky brother, Spencer, comes too. He went to the beach with us twice last week. Yuck! He’s SO like in love with me or something. Yeah, right! I just was hoping we’d run into Jensen, and his twin brother Jason, at the beach. We didn’t! Total bummer!!
But we did have fun anyway. Especially today. Because Dad took Juliette and me to this super cool, super wild house in Fort Lauderdale. And yes, Spencer had to come with us. Of course! But it was still so much fun. It’s called the Bonnet House. Ever heard of it? I hadn’t either! But I’m glad I know all about it now. It’s this big place, like a park really. And there’s a crazy house with funny stuff all over it. And they’ve got wild animals. LOTS of wild animals!
That’s the first thing we saw. We’re walking from our car across this wooden bridge and we see it. This beautiful tall white bird, standing in the water. He’s fishing! Spencer thinks that’s so funny – a bird standing there fishing. Like I said, he’s just a kid. I’m a real teenager now, remember? I turned 13 last week. So I guess I have to just ignore all Spencer’s kid stuff. I guess older kids had to ignore my kid stuff when I was his age.
So anyway, we’re at the Bonnet House. And Dad says, “That’s a heron! Shhh! Don’t laugh or you’ll scare him away! He’s looking for his lunch!” So we all just watch this big bird. The heron stands there, totally silent. Not moving a muscle. Then he sees a fish and – WAM! He grabs the fish and swallows it. Then he stands there a long time. Digesting his lunch, I guess! Pretty funny when a bird acts like a human that way.
Then we pay to go through the gate to see the best stuff. There's a huge outdoorsy area. You can’t believe this place is right in the middle of a busy city! We look in the gift shop, which has some great things. I bought Dad some cool coasters as a gift. He can put them under his drink glass when he’s watching TV. He liked that! I mean, it seemed like a nice thing to do. He’s always taking me places and everything like that, right?
So ya know what we see next? A fox! I mean, a real fox! Maybe only ten feet away from us. And we also go walking around this crazy house I keep telling you about. Next week I’ll tell you why it’s so crazy, ok? I’m not kidding! This is the craziest place I’ve ever seen – but really pretty too. If you like wild paintings on the ceiling! Or walls made from seashells! You won’t believe this place! See ya again real soon!!!
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