Last Friday we decided to visit the zoo. We arrived after we breakfasted, parked our car, and cashed in our passes. We walked toward¹ the first exhibits². I looked up at a giraffe as it stared back at me. I stepped nervously to the next area. One of the lions gazed at me as he lazed³ in the shade while the others napped. One of my friends first knocked then banged on the tempered⁴ glass in front of the monkey’s cage. They howled and screamed at us as we hurried to another exhibit where we stopped and gawked⁵ at plumed birds. After we rested, we headed for the petting zoo where we petted wooly⁶ sheep who only looked back at us without interest. Next we moved to the goats and watched as they butted each other and nipped⁷ at our clothes when we ventured too near their closed pen. Later, our tired group nudged⁸ our way through the crowded paths and exited the turnstile wicket gate. On our way home, our car bumped, jerked and swayed⁹ as we dozed during the relaxed ride home.

Vocabulary :

 1) toward - moving forward in a direction of something
 2) exhibits - things to look at
 3) lazed - lazy
 4) tempered glass - break resistant glass - special glass
 5) gawked - looked at
 6) wooly - made of wool
 7) nipped - bit at
 8) nudged - moved through
 9) swayed - moved back and forth

Questions :

When did they go to the zoo ?
What were the lions doing ?
What did my friend do to the monkey's cage ?
What did the monkeys do back ?
What did the goats do ?
After our day at the zoo how did we feel ?
What did we do on the way home ?


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