Thursday. When Orly finished gan we took her to the Biblical zoo and obtained year passes for all of us. The day was fresh and we were lapping up the beauty in the zoo.
Orly walked in the enclosure with the kangaroos, met some lizards, a cassowary, meerkats, and the crocodiles.... we spotted the a tragic event unfolding. The crocodile had a plastic bottle in its mouth and was attempting to swallow it! Ben (heroically) ran to the nearest zoo-keeper and the 'croc man' was radioed in. the scene was tense, crowds were amassing. "will he pry open the jaws and retreive the bottle?" cried one, "will he wrestle with it" cried another. the answer was no. But thankfully (with shabbat approaching) whole plucked chickens were brought to entice the crocs to one side. The croc left the bottle and was directed away, whilst the zoo-keeper retrieved the bottle! success!!
Orly also saw the nubian ibex and arabian oryx, and quickly pointed out that they have shofars on their heads. the 'Giraffa', 'rhinocerous' and 'hippomotamus' were all seen as well. a great afternoon out.
Orly had also been chosen to be 'Ima shel shabbat' (the 'shabbat mummy') in gan. She was SOOO excited all week!
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| Orly directing us through the zoo with her map, with spider monkeys residing in the background. |
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| Of course orly recognised the tapirs from her puzzle! (and the baby tapir in the corner!) |
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| A whole chicken.... and it wasn't even shabbat! |
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| The brave zoo-keeper and the big daddy |
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| Orly and Lauren pretending to be meerkets |
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| The offending item, finally relinquished from the jaws of the beast... will he move away to tastier pastures??!? |
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| Chilling with the kangaroos |
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