Elephant keeper's diary

When I was cleaning up the junk around here, I came across an old BGM tape. I played it to see what it was, and it was the old zoo parade theme.

According to old man Joseph, there used to be a big elaborate parade in which they outfitted Elephants in Christmas lights up until about 15 years ago. He says Oscar was the star of that parade for years.

I let Lloyd have a listen, and he's convinced that it'll be worth money someday. He said I should dub it while I still have the chance. I think he's nuts, but it might be a good idea to copy it for pasterity.

Oscar sure has been acting strange lately. He's not sick or anything, but he just won't calm down. He got so excited at feeding time today that he broke part of his cage.

Nothing like that's ever happened before. Maybe I'd better have the vet take a look at him.

Lloyd's been put on "emblem duty" this week, so he'll have to stick around longer than usual. He won't stop bitching about it, but he's got it easy, really. The dome is close to the front gate, after all.

Speaking of which, I guess the dome is getting shut down toward the middle of next month. They're too damn cheap to tear it down, so it'll probably just sit there for years and rust. What a waste.