XYZOO

By Andie Kirkdale

A collection of satirical and surreal short stories with a variety of characters including thoughtful dogs, clever cats, and a job-seeking zebra.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jun 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781387856770

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XYZOO

Andie Kirkdale

Copyright

XYZOO

Copyright © 2022 by Andie Kirkdale

All Rights Reserved.

ISBN  978-1-387-85677-0

No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including photocopying, scanning, recording, printing, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without express written permission from the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, products, organizations, and incidents are creations of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, products, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Cover photo by Andie Kirkdale

Welcome to the XYZOO

Welcome to the XYZOO.

We have a random exhibit--a chimpanzee here, a hippopotamus there, flamingos everywhere.

Pull up a chair. No, keep standing. No, better yet, keep walking. It’s time to let the animals out.

During the day the animals observe us, the silly humans in our stress-rush, coffee-pouring, oh-great-now-what world. They consider themselves lucky. Because unlike the humans, they can see their cages.

At night, we let them out to forest the city with ancient ways.

The animals walk out now on four paws, two feet plus wings, low to the ground, high in the sky. They slink, fly, slither, and jump. They go to the nearest restaurant.

Ten servers and two managers rush to find suitable meals for their clients. But the animals only want to sit at the bar, drink mojitos and martinis, and interview humans.

Do you come here often? asks a lion of a lady. "First time I’ve been here. How curious humans are. Much like us, you