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Funny Zoo Event

I will always remember every moment of that day.
It was in September 1987 after my sixth birthday.
And I will never forget the place too.
It was in the University of Ibadan zoo.

Every Sunday, my father took the whole family there.
It was like a family tradition that was to us, so dear.
But our zoo tradition came to an end that day.

We went to the zoo like every other Sunday.
We moved from hyenas to gorillas and donkeys,
Then we went on to give bananas to the monkeys.

The monkeys rewarded their benefactors with gymnastic displays.
I had seen it all before, but there was something new that day.

There were white people there, also feeding the monkeys,
And I had not seen a white person before in reality.
They attracted my attention and so much occupied my mind,
I did not know when my family moved on and left me behind.

It did not take long before I realised I was lost
And I cried thinking ’see what white people have caused.’
I started roaming round the zoo and crying profusely
Until I met a strange man who promised to help me.

He took my hand and helped me search for my family.
Until we bumped into each other as they also searched for me.
My mother was crying like the spinning of a broken record
And my father’s eyes were amber-red, but to cry he could not afford.

Immediately, they thanked the man and seized me by the hand.
We made for the gate and they swore it was the end.
Till this day, we’ve never been to the zoo again
And I will never stare at white people ever again.

This zoo event was tragic for a moment, but comic after all
And it would remain my Magic Moment forever more.