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Zoo writing

= = Orange furry hair Climbs, swings and are big and small Found in a jungle

Trots along slowly Uses it’s shell for protection Really slow There’s heaps of them Lives in water Eats grass

Elephant Big grey and strong Very heavy Gentle animal cool By Callum

__ P ____ o ____ e ____ m ____ s ____ f r o m t h e z o o ! __ Wombats plodding around all day, Very excited when food comes their way,  Wombat eats to it’s hearts desire, And once finished, plays with it’s toy tyre!
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**__Acrostic: __**  **Z**ig-zags
 * E**xquisite
 * B**lack and white
 * R**unning and playing
 * A**ctive

**__Haiku:__ ** Elephant Comes from Africa Cheeky playing with it’s toys Big, Grey and Wrinkly

**By Elise**
Christmas at the zoo On Wednesday the 24th of December, Mt King High School had an excursion to the Melbourne Zoo. I know, I know, 1 day before Christmas but everyone wanted to go. So we all went down to Melbourne by bus. It took us about 1hr and a half to get there. Once we got there, me (Bethany) and my best friend Will walked off before even listening to what time we had to meet back at the bus. Anyway, we walked off, and first we went to the Kangaroo’s, Bongos, Zebra’s, Giraffe’s and Platypus. Then we walked passed the Orang-utans, Pelican’s, Birds, Elephants, Bugs and Butterflies, Tigers and Otters. It came to about 12:30, so we went to the Village Cafe to grab some lunch. Will had about $30! Because it is really expensive there. But I only brought $12 and that bought me a nice bag of hot chips. Yum, Yum!!! By about 2:30 we had been all over the zoo, to fill in time we lined up in a huge line to feed the lions. By the time it was our turn, it was around 3:30 and we didn’t know that the bus left at 2:45! Once we finished feeding the lions we decided to go back and see if the bus had left yet......... It had!!! We had missed the bus to Ballarat! And we can’t drive! What would we do? We had to spend Christmas at the zoo! How fun! We woke up the next morning which was Christmas and we had sore backs from sleeping on the benches. There was absolutely no-body around because they feed the animals in the morning so that they can have Christmas as a holiday; it is a holiday for everyone. So we were all alone! Will suggested we keep looking around the zoo to find a way out because we really wanted to get back home and open our presents. We walked back to where we finished yesterday, we decided to look at the Gorillas, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Mandrills and Tree-Top Apes and Monkeys again. They were cool, but we were still looking for a way out. We walked across to the Baboon’s, Meerkats, Red Panda’s and Tree Kangaroo’s. It was almost 12:30 and Will remembered an ** EXIT ** sign in the lion cage. There was no one around and the lions were asleep........ We decided to take the risk of our lives! Will went in first and I followed. The lion started moving and rolling, we held our breath! We reached the door and Will slowly started opening it, but it made a big creeeeeeeeak noise so he just pulled it open and we bolted out the door. We were underground!! We were walking under all the animals, like the Lemurs and the Peccaries. We were out!! We came out on the other side of the rail gate! We were free! Now the question was, how do we get back to Ballarat? We started walking down the highway trying to hitch hike but it didn’t work. We were searching in our bags when Will remembered that $30 he brought for lunch, so we walked about 5km to a taxi station and caught a taxi back to Ballarat. We were safe and sound and we were at home opening our presents. We were back where we belonged. By Ella

Sorry Emma, haven't been able to copy yours yet, it looks great.

Penguin, Smooth Feathers, Waddling, Swimming Majestically, Love to watch him, Beautiful T OUGH I NCREADBILE G IANT TEETH E NERGETIC R AGE Yellow fur baring white teeth, Reaching amazing speeds by foot. It is a cheetah. By Ged Tail Intelligent Graceful Energetic Runs fast Cinquain- Orang-utans Hairy, Happy And Very Chappie Wish they were free Trees Shape- Lemurs Run-
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Run On Top Of Their hill Looking For Lemurs Danger By Jareth

Laura, yours wouldn't copy. Beautifuly patterned Open enclosure Never usual Greatly amazing Orange and brown stripes

Wombat Hairy furry Waddling round cage Happy excited merry sound Wombat

Huge tail round and hard Hops here there and everywhere Fur hard and brittle Maddie