Alex does in fact like penguins because he saw them at the zoo. I’m sure of it.
He stood at the glass of the penguin pool of the Central Park Zoo for perhaps 20 solid minutes. The birds obliged, shaking their heads, shooting their cuffs, and plopping into the water to glide past just inches from Alex’s nose. One or two penguins seemed to wave. One or two looked Alex in the eye.
Every now and then all children at all zoos are captured by the charm of animals — I thought for Alex it would be the tiger at the Bronx Zoo who …read more