Personal Narrative: The Atlanta Zoo

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Being a second grader, the Atlanta Zoo was a completely different universe that I had entered. The, “Living Treehouse,” where we gathered our excitement before heading back out into the world of the unknown. Starting with the lemurs who had a great personality and no concern in the world, took the start off to be amazing. We then saw the other monkeys and gorillas. They were all so active as they were preparing for lunch rush. Next came cute, soggy little otters who jumped and swam all over eachother. The mole rats were so disgusting but we soon forgot all about them as soon as we saw the red

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