I cannot believe I have not posted this story yet. It is a true story, told to me by my friend jenny's sister, Julie, and happened to julies friend. Got that?
Julie's friend lives in Savannah Georgia, which is about 5 hours away from Atlanta. Well, there is a new aquarium in Atlanta, which is like the largest in the states, maybe even the world. So the friends church decided to take the children in the church to this aquarium on a day trip.
The friend went to pick up her little boy after the bus got back, and noticed he was not being himself, very withdrawn, would not look her in the eye, and did not want to talk. So of course being a mom, she is frightened something awful happened to him.
She sits him down, and asks what is wrong, he says nothing, she says did you have fun, he says yeah, but still does not look at her or want to talk. She asks him "Did someone hurt you, did they touch you, say something mean to you, what is wrong?" But he just tells her he is okay, and he is gonna go watch TV.
So she goes to unpack his backpack from the trip. She picks it up, unzips it and finds:
A REAL LIVE BABY PENGUIN IS IN THE BOYS BACKPACK!!!!
Yep, her son stole a baby penguin from the aquarium!!! The mom got on the phone immediatley and the aquarium people sent a truck to pick it up and told her how to care for it. I have to tell you, i want to meet this boy and shake his hand. And i would not have called the aquarium, i would have been online looking up"How to care for your very own baby penguin"!
Needless to say, because of this boy or not, the penguins which used to roam among the visitors at the aquarium now are behind glass.
This is the best story ever. That boy is my hero.
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That reminds me of the story I read as a kid - Mr . Popper's Penguins
It's a great story. My kids have read it and they agree. A penguin could be fun...
Hee Hee! What a hoot! Don't you know that for decades to come, this family story will be told in legendary proportions? And his classmates? "Hey remember so-and-so? The one whole stole a penguin from the aquarium?" He'll be 68, at his 50-year class reunion and someone will bring it up!
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