Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We took our almost three year old grandson to the zoo, but since we go so often, we have a casual attitude towards "seeing things".  We moseyed down to look at the gibbons and chimpanzees, sitting on a bench snacking frequently, then watched the huge tortoises for a leisurely amount of time, then checked on the lemurs, who weren't yet out, so we sat on another bench to wait for them to appear, which they did, frisky and delightful.  Then we went to see the fruit bats, hanging out with their stuffie.  We went inside the reptiles and amphibians house, and our grandson laughed at the lizards.  i prefer the frogs myself, and my husband goes for the turtles and snakes.  Then we saw the two big black guinea hogs, and wandered over to the petting zoo, which consists of a bunch of goats and three standoffish sheep.  My husband sat on a bench this time, while my grandson and I brushed every goat at least three times.  Then we washed out hands and headed to the warthogs (my fave) but their enclosure was being worked on so it was closed.  Our grandson wanted to see the giraffes, so we found another bench to watch them eat, and I went over and brought back a bag of popcorn and a giant chocolate chip cookie, which my husband and grandson split, before horning in on my popcorn.  It was time, so we insisted on heading home for lunch and nap, while our grandson protested he wanted to see the elephants.  After standing in the middle of the path in protest, our grandson capitulated, and we went home to sandwiches, apples and mac and cheese, then said grandson announced he was tired, and after a few stories, he collapsed, surrounded by his three kitties, his two pillows and favorite velour blue blanket.