Field trip day, field trip day, field trip day.

Yes, I love when I'm able to come on your class field trips.

I love coming along too, especially when they take us somewhere so zany.

I do love when you come along with my class, T.J. You too, Mom.

But mom, what's so zany about this trip?

Well, look where we are! We're at the state zoo! Think of all the different animals we will see today!

Like zebras? Ooh, yes! And Zoroos! I hear they have one here. It's sort of like a fox, but it lives in South America.

That's right! We'll see all these animals and more. Think of all the different sounds, sights,

and well, even smells we'll experience today. Seems a little zany to me.

To me too, Mom. Look, Tori's teacher is passing out tickets. We better get going.

Zebra exhibit, here I come.

All right, kids, before we get started, let's take a look at this map of the zoo.

That way we can make sure we know where all the exhibits are that we want to visit.

Is there anything that you really, really, really want to see today?

I really want to see an elephant.

Our teacher was telling our class yesterday that there's an elephant here named Xander.

He's just a little baby. I really, really, really, really want to see him. And I really, really, really want to see him.

And I really, really, really want to see the zebra exhibit.

I've only ever seen pictures of these zebras.

I want to see their stripes right up close.

All right, let's take a quick look at the map and see where we'll find those animals.

Here they are. Looks like if we head down this path, we'll be able to see both of those exhibits. But first, let's walk through

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