"The Last Elephant" - short story

Sometimein the near future

 

Ethan has beenlooking forward to the school outing for weeks. Marking the dates on hiscalendar, a countdown running in his head. Two weeks to go. One more week. Fourdays. Two. Today!

Ethan is going tothe zoo with his classmates at Lincoln Elementary. With Liam and Stevie, hisbest friends. They are as excited as he is. The zoo! And they will see theelephant!

“Listen upeverybody,” Mrs. Gibson says to her students when they arrive. She introducesthem to one of the zoo’s employees.

“My name isJackson, but you can call me Jack. Our zoo is a member of Animals Consolidated,the leading zoo management company in America,” he explains. “Our zoos have themost wonderful creatures. You’ll see some of these special animals today. Areyou ready to get started?”

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