My family keeps telling me
that I’m going to be the Rocky Balboa of the animal kingdom. They keep saying
that it’s in my blood, that my Great Uncle Tony was a natural born killer. He
could knock a down any kangaroo or other type of animal that set foot in his
path no matter what.
Me on the other hand, I’m
honestly not quite sure that I’m supposed to be a fighter. God, I’m so over
these expectations that my family has set before me. They don’t understand me
at all and they think I’m something I’m not! All those days when I told Mom
that I was going to boxing practice I was lying straight to her face. Where I
was actually going was where I knew I was supposed to be. My safe place is
where I cannot tell anyone in my court my whereabouts between the hours of
3:15-4:45 PM twice a week.
I dream of not being a
boxer, but rather the greatest kangaroo ballroom dancer in the entire zoo. I
came across this beautiful art while watching the animals in the enclosure next
door. I’m not even sure what kind of animals they were, but that didn’t matter
once I saw them gracefully prance along with one another. They were so elegant
as their feet swept through the air barely touching the dirt that lay below them.
I knew right then and there
that this was my true calling. Who cares if kangaroo’s aren’t supposed to
dance! I am breaking the mold of the set standards that all us young joeys are
taught while growing up. “Watch Kanagroo
Jack it’s the greatest film of all time, don’t forget to spar with your
brother every day.” All of these things are lies; Kangaroo Jack isn’t even that great of a movie!
All these things that we
are taught are all lies that the elders think are a good idea. They don’t know
anything about dancing. In fact, one could argue that boxing has an element of
dance to it already. The way you hop around trying to avoid your opponent is an
awful lot like that of the dancing I do in class. Maybe one of these days I’ll
show my family my stuff while I sashay around the enclosure in hopes that they
too will understand that I am a natural born dancer, not killer.
It might be a good idea to revisit one of these characters to tell how they are doing since we last saw them for future blog ideas. Like I said before these blog posts are interesting to read since these zoo animals have human qualities that we can relate to.
ReplyDelete-Thomas Fung
You should talk about the relationships they have with each other! Maybe spice it up with some drama! Here is a random website that has funny kangaroo gifs! http://memebase.cheezburger.com/senorgif/tag/kangaroo
ReplyDeleteAgain, super rad and creative. A human twist on zoo life. Who knew you could find a kangaroo who didn't like to box! This topic is cool because it will be easy to write one after another and have something else going on in each post! Maybe, just to lengthen you can put some dialogue in and beef up the story with a little background into Stan's past and why he loves to dance.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCcLMNcWZOc
LOL