He sits motionless like Rodin’s Thinker.
…–—ƒŽŽ›ǡ Š‡ ‹• —”•‹‰ Š‹• ‹•‡…–Ǧ„‹––‡
•™‘ŽŽ‡ ‡›‡ ƒ† ˆƒ…‡ǡ ™Š‹…Š –Š‡ œ‘‘
†‘…–‘”• ƒ”‡ ƒ––‡†‹‰ –‘ǡ –Š‡ „‘ƒ”†
obligingly informs us. “He’s thinking of
™Šƒ– –‘ Šƒ˜‡ ˆ‘” –‡ƒǡdz •ƒ›• ‡•Šƒ˜ •‡”‹‘—•Ž›Ǥ
—– ›‘— …ƒǯ– ‡‡’ –Š‡ Ž‘™ †‘™ ˆ‘” –‘‘
long, he starts doing a jig and singing
‘Hakuna Matata’ when he reads the sign on
–Š‡ ‡…Ž‘•—”‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ •ƒŽŽ ŽŽƒƒǦŽ‹‡
˜‹…—ƒǤ ‹•Š ™‡ …‘—Ž† Šƒ˜‡ •’‡– ƒŽŽ †ƒ›
Š‡”‡ǡ „—– ‹–ǯ• …Ž‘•‹‰ –‹‡ ƒ† –Š‡ …Š‹Ž†”‡
have one last
fŽ‹‰ …”‡‡’‹‰ —’ “—‹‡–Ž› –‘ –Š‡
–‹› ’”ƒ‹”‹‡ †‘‰• –‘ •‡‡ Š‘™ …Ž‘•‡ –Š‡› …ƒ
…‘‡ „‡ˆ‘”‡ –Š‡•‡ ‰—‹‡ƒ ’‹‰ Ž‹‡ …”‡ƒ–—”‡•
dart into their burrows. They say goodbye
–‘ –Š‡ •‡ƒ Ž‹‘• ™Š‘ Šƒ˜‡ …‘‡ ™ƒ††Ž‹‰
and honking to the wire netting. Sammy
the Seal gives us one last lesson on
biodiversity from the signboard.
