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Gathering of Imbeciles; Book Two - Paul E Kmiotek
Gathering of Imbeciles: Book Two
Gathering of Imbeciles
Book Two
An Indefensible History of the Corona Park Zoo
By Paul E Kmiotek
Cover Art and Illustrations by Paul E Kmiotek
Copyright 2012 by Paul E Kmiotek
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ISBN# 978-1-300-19480-4
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental . . . no, seriously.
Dedicated to my lovely wife Megan, who
has endured more permutations of this
abomination than any one person deserves.
Also to Donald and Guenther – they
know who they are – who made it
all so easy.
CONTENTS:
1. See Ya Later, Alligator
2. Jon of the Jungle
3. What Chickens?
4. Flower Power
5. Chin-Chiller Theater
1 See Ya Later Alligator
I
"I really hate the alligators. They’re so . . . creepy. And it’s no fair that we have to take care of them. We’re mammal keepers, not fish keepers. We should just send them to the aquarium to live with the rest of the fishes where they belong." Buffy and Muffy were approaching the alligator building carrying a bucket of trout to feed to the three residents.
Alligators aren’t fishes.
Muffy contradicted Buffy.
They’re not?
Buffy looked more confused than usual.
No, silly. They breathe air, don’t they? They’re marsupials.
Really? Wow! You’re so smart. You know just about everything about animals.
I know. That’s why Dr. Percy promoted me, you know. He wanted somebody in charge who was well educated. Not just another ignorant shit-picker.
Buffy DeVoyed was Muffy’s best friend at the zoo and would soon serve as maid of honor at Muffy’s impending marriage to Antonio. They’d bonded almost instantly the day they met, three months earlier, when Buffy started working at the zoo. They were strikingly similar looking from both the front and back, but less so in profile. Buffy’s profile was concave while Muffy’s was convex, so that Buffy’s face merely resembled a slightly deflated version of Muffy’s. It was Muffy who’d introduced Buffy to her current boyfriend Achmed, Antonio’s identical, conjoined twin brother by different fathers. Antonio’s father was Dominican - Achmed’s Palestinian. It was the only recorded occurrence of this particular biological anomaly known in the western hemisphere.
To further complicate matters, while most conjoined twins are symmetrical, joined to each other by the same anatomical feature; the head, the hip, etc., Antonio was joined to Achmed’s left cheek (lower, not upper) by his lips. There were those who conjectured that entering the world in this fashion had prepared Antonio for his meteoric rise up the zoological ladder. Their condition made Antonio and Achmed minor celebrities at the zoo, where they both worked - Antonio as head of the domestic area and Achmed in the funnel cake cart. Muffy liked to watch Buffy and Achmed together, imagining that that was how she and Antonio must look.
I’m getting a little worried.
Muffy continued, changing the subject completely without seeming to notice. Antonio hasn’t found a tux that fits him right yet.
Yeah, I know. Achmed can’t find one either.
Well, I guess they are a little unusually shaped.
Omigod! Aren’t they? Achmed doesn’t own a shirt that the sleeves don’t end halfway between his elbow and his wrist. And just try to find pants with a 44
inseam! It’s impossible to buy him clothes." Buffy complained.
"Tell me about it! Don’t tell them I told you this, but their uncle used to call them ‘los ninos calimar’."
What’s that mean?
I think it means something like ‘the squid boys’, because they had such long arms and legs and little, tiny bodies.
Buffy was giggling uncontrollably. You better not say anything!
Muffy warned.
I won’t! I swear!
She giggled some more.
I told Antonio that he should get a suit with a top hat.
Really? Why?
I thought it might help hide his unibrow.
Ooh! That’s a great idea! I’m gonna tell Achmed he has to get one too.
Yeah. You really should. If they ruin my wedding pictures with their goofy eyebrows I’m gonna be really pissed.
By now the vacuous pair were entering the alligator building. "It seems a little cool in here, doesn’t