After exiting the bus, Mr. Bruin yelled, “Remember the rules! :
No feeding the animals;
No touching the animals;
No scarring the animals;
And most importantly, stay with your group!!!”
Coincidencedently, Ty is put in the same unit as Dustin.
First off, the giraffes...
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By the end of the day, everyone was tired. It had certainly been a long day.
Their last exibit was the
American Skunk.
All the students crowded around, watching as the skunk went in and out of tunnels specifically made for it. These tunnels of course lead to a back way, which lead to the room behind the enclosure. A door, just big enough for a full grown man could be seen also leading to the back room.
“I dare you to go back there and surprise the skunk!” Dustin teased.
“No way,” said Ty, “I’ll only go if you go first.”
“Seems fair enough.” Dustin said. He was ‘ bright with the books ‘ but not with common sense.
The other boys ohhhed and ahhhed, following Ty and Dustin to the back room. Once inside, the now turned gang boys watched as Dustin entered the enclosure, with Ty close behind.
Quickly Ty made his next wish:
‘I wish that when Dustin meets the skunk, it will spray him and not me right away. I also wish that the skunk musk will stay on Dustin for
1 month or until he promises to be a better and nicer brother to me.’
That being thought, they now found themselves face to face with skunk.
Slowly it turned around, showing off its backside.
“Nice skunky,” Dustin said shakely.
“What? To chicken to get closer?” Ty teased right back.
“Of course not!” Dustin retorted, thrusting his hand next to the skunk.
Imedently, the skunk jumped onto its front paws, aimed at Dustin’s now terrified face, and pushed.
Two twin jets of skunk spray shot out, right at Dustin. In seconds, his skin and clothes were drenched in rotten smelling spray. It was clear that Dustin was trying not to puck from the smell.
While Ty on the other hand couldn’t help but laugh.
“I. am. so. getting. you. back. for. this.” Dustin breathed, then coughed loudly. Ty’s laugher just grew more bold, as did the rest of the boys’.
Some of them made rude comments like ‘smell you later’ and such.
Ty was still happy but anxious that that had even worked in the first place.
It didn’t look like Dustin was going to apologize any time soon, so that just meant a longer time to smell horrible.
‘This is so awesome!” Ty thought, as Mr. Bruin scolded Dustin for even coming near the skunk.
But for Ty, this was turning out to be the best day ever...