Ziwi the Zebra
“Hey! Cut that out, I just had a bath” said Ziwi the zebra. There were about 6 birds on his back. Birds loved to sit on his back. With that, he did a dance so that the birds would fly away. He first moved his front legs and then his back legs. All the birds flew away.

Ziwi was in a Savannah zoo. Everyday kids came to the zoo. When they saw Ziwi dance, they laughed. Chimpu the monkey laughed too.

“What are you laughing at?” asked an irritated Ziwi.

“You!” said Chimpu with a wicked smile.

Soon it was night, and everything was quiet.

Around 2 am a sleepy Ziwi said “Oh no! It is still night but I am hungry”.

Ziwi was always hungry. He started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

“Go back to sleep and why must you sing this poem” said Chimpu.

“I read this poem a few days back and liked it,” replied Ziwi.

“Also, I had a dream. I dreamt that I was home with my family and my mother was telling me about the school for animals” said Ziwi.

Ziwi used to stay with his family in the Savannah wasteland. He had a flaw. Despite being a zebra, Ziwi had no stripes. Poachers were common where Ziwi lived. Seeing a zebra with no stripes they captured Ziwi and sold him to the zoo.

Again Ziwi started to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

“Were you a star in your previous life? Read your book quietly” said Chimpu angrily.

Ziwi had big eyebrows and stood at 7 feet. He opened his book, which was about the stars. Reading about the stars, he fell asleep.

The next morning Ziwi woke with a smell of grass. He yawned and said “Breakfast!”....