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Howdy everyone! It's me, Mr. Smiley! As you might already know, we
celebrated Smiley's News' second birthday! I can't believe
that the time has gone so fast. It seems like just yesterday I
published the first, humble Smiley's News article. It wasn't
much, but it was a start.
Last Friday, we here at Animal Adventures Inc. threw a huge
party to celebrate this momentous occasion! It was a blast! We
started early in the morning, planning the party. I got with my boss
and CEO of AAI., Nigel Milligan and his older brother, Mr.
Gregor, to discuss how the main building and cafeteria should be
decorated. We had a bit of a disagreement about a few things, but we
took care of it fairly quickly.
As Guy and Stan Milligan (Nigel and Mr. Gregor's younger twin
brothers), Gordo the spider monkey, Jack the jackrabbit (our intern),
Mango the Orangutan and Adam Johnson the janitor and his brothers all
quickly got to work on the decorations. One of our resident ducks,
Ducky (his mother wasn't too creative with names), tried to help. Let
me be the first to tell you, that duck is really annoying! All he did
all day long was talk and talk and talk about pretty much nothing. So
Dr. Arizona Stevenson (our resident zoologist) told him to get some
Boston Cream Pies all the way from Timbuktu. Ducky asked how to get
there, so Arizona told him to, “Go off the AAI. property,
walk 12 blocks down the street, find the nearest bus stop, get on the
bus, ride for about half an hour, hope off, find a Subway restaurant,
ask the person at the counter for directions to Chick-fila, follow
his directions, go 2 miles south, 98 miles east and then southeast
for another 50 miles.” With that, the crazy duck was off. Phew!
Lizzy the lizard, my co-writer, my trusty junior photographer, Daniel
P. Smithwater and I helped Rack-coon and Mitch and the other Meerkats
in the kitchen, so we could have dinner dishes ready on time. Some of
our resident kids, Ryan Gregor, Angel and Jack Stevenson, Tiger and
Willy Adamson, Fido the guinea pig (Sarah Bus Stop Guy's dog), Sarah
Bus Stop Guy and Kelly and Kelsey Martin were helping with
decorations by this time. Gerald the giraffe helped us reach the
places we couldn't reach otherwise. I must admit that giraffes can be
much better than ladders when it comes to reaching high places. Why?
When you need to move spots, the giraffe simply moves. You don't have
to climb down the ladder, pick it up, move it to the desired
location, set it down and climb back up. The only problem was that
Gerald got a little hungry and started snacking on some of the leaf
decorations.
After a day of long hard work, we were finally ready for the party.
It was a HUGE turnout! Every animal and person living on AAI.
property was present. Rack-coon tells me that we had to prepare tons
of food; no really, that's not an exaggeration, actual tons of food!
He told me that this was because many of the animals are large, so
they have to eat a lot of food. Elephants have to eat 200-600 pounds
of food a day, and quite a few elephants live here. Many of the
dinosaurs also eat a lot; adult sauropods (the largest terrestrial
creatures at AAI.), or long-necked dinosaurs, can eat over 330
lbs of food a day! There are five sauropods currently residing at
AAI. – two 50-ton Brachiosaurus, a 35-ton mother
Apatosaurus and her two tweens, and there's word from Dr.
Steve Stevenson (our chief geneticist) has confirmed we might have
another sauropod on the way.
Of course, the party was bustling with activity. There were a number
of games going on, like table tennis, pool and several others. Many
of the guests talked amongst themselves though. For the children, we
had a television up so that they could watch episodes of Ducky
Momo, Pinhead Pierre and the Top Banana show.
All and all, I thoroughly enjoyed the party and can't wait to share
another wonderful year of Smiley's News with all of you.
Thanks be to God for another great year! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMILEY'S
NEWS!!!
Written by: Mr. Smiley
Photographer: Daniel P.
Smithwater
Edited by: Christian
Ryan
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