owen and mzee a little story of big love
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A Look InsideOwen and MzeeA Little Story of Big LoveWRITTEN BY MICHELLE GLENNON
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This is a little story about BIG LOVE. In a country called Kenya lived a650 pound baby named Owen. Hewas a hippopotamus. He lived in paradise. There were beautiful mountains, very green palm treesand endless seashores. Birds of all kinds flew all around.
One day a little purple bird whisperedin Owen’s ear. “Will you play with me?”asked the little bird. Owen nodded “yes”with glee. They played “Hide and Seek” all the way to the top of a mountain.
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Owen and the little bird climbed tothe top of the mountain. They bothlooked down and in surprise saw ahuge wave fast approaching their home. They watched the greatwall of water come in and cover most of the land below the mountain.
After the wave was gone, Owen and thelittle bird started down the mountain.Owen asked the little bird, “Will youhelp me find my mommy?
“Yes, I will help you find your mommyand I will always stay and watch overyou,” promised the little bird.
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Owen and the little bird lookedhere and there and everywhereasking, “Have you seen my mommy?”
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Lafarge Park
When Owen and the little bird arrived at Lafarge Park, they met Mzee, the tortoise at the entrance to the zoo.“Have you seen my mommy?” Owen asked.“No, I haven’t but I would love to be your mommy,” Mzee said with glee.
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This made Owen very happy.Little bird chirped with joy too.Mzee added, “Owen, my baby,you must know one thing. I ama 130 year-old tortoise.”And Owen replied, “You make a beautiful mommy.”
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From that day forward, Owenand Mzee became forever bondedas mother and son.
Mzee and Owen did everything together.
They ate together.
They swam together.
They sunbathed in the flowers together.
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They played hide and seek together.
They took walks together.
They even slept together.
Then, one day thepark ranger noticedthat Owen was acting more like a tortoise than a hippopotamus.He watched as Owenfollowed Mzee’severy move.
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The park ranger decided to introduceOwen to Hildegarde, a 13-year-oldhippopotamus. Hildegarde had neverseen another hippopotamus and didn’tknow how to act with Owen.
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Owen decided to teachHildegarde everything thathe had learned from Mzee.How to eat, swim, sunbathe,play, walk and sleep — like a tortoise.
Eat Play
Swim Walk
SleepSunbatheToday's Lesson:
How to bea hippo?
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Owen liked his new friend very much but missed his mommy, Mzee. After awhile, Owen became very sad. Until one day, the park ranger brought Mzeeover to Owen. The two were happy again.
Owen asked the kind park ranger if Hildegarde could meet Mzee. The verynext day, he brought Hildegarde over to where Owen and Mzee lived.
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From that day on, Owen, Mzee and Hildegarde always were together.On moonlit nights, they liked to takelong walks together. They were allvery happy in their home at LaFarge Park.
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