One
beautiful spring day my grandchildren had come
into the city from their
farm, to spend the day with me.
I made a picnic lunch and loaded them
in my van and
we were off to the zoo.
Mark, age 5 and
Sally age 4 had been around lots of
animals on their farm. They had
chickens, cows, pigs,
horses and many other animals including two
dogs
and two cats. They had never been to the zoo.
The
first animal we saw at the zoo was an elephant
Sally ask, "Grandma why
does that big pig have two tails?"
I answered explaining that was an
elephant,
not a big pig and he has a trunk and a tail,
"Because
God made him that way."
Then we moved on to the Zebra. Mark ask
in a very
excited voice, "Grandma why does that horse have
on
striped pajamas?"
Again I answered explaining that is a Zebra,
not a horse
and he has black and white strips,
"Because God made him
that way."
In the next section were the Tigers. Our zoo has
both
orange and white Tigers. When the children saw them they ask,
"Grandma why do those cats have orange strips,
and the others have
white strips?" I explained they
are Tigers, not domestic cats, and some
Tigers have orange
strips while others have white strips,
"Because
God made them that way."
We continued through the zoo and the
children were
fascinated with all the unusual animals and they
ask
me questions about all of them to which I always
answered,
"Because God made them that way."
We enjoyed our picnic lunch and
finished our tour
of the zoo. It was then time to go back to my
home.
That evening when my daughter came to pick up
her
children and take them back home to their farm,
I heard them
telling her the story of how they had
spent their day at the zoo. They
told her about all the
different animals and how unique each one
looked.
Then I heard Mark say, "Mommy, all the animals
were so
beautiful, because God made them that way!"
I was so proud they
realized things don't need
to always look the same to be
beautiful.
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