I didn’t know if it was “acorbatics”, “acrobatics” or “arcobatics”. One of those.
But I couldn’t teach my little brother the wrong word. But now he wanted the zoo.
We got quite close to the old chicken coop. Inside it, the two fair-feathered hens were pecking at the ground,
and the old black one was so tame that we could even scratch her head.
“First let’s buy our tickets. Hold my hand, ’cause it’s easy for children to get lost in this crowd.
See how busy it gets on Sundays?” Luís would look around, see people everywhere, and hold my hand tightly.
At the ticket office I stuck my belly out and cleared my throat to sound important.
I put my hand in my pocket and asked the woman, “Until what age is entry free?”
“Five.” “So just one adult then, please.” I took two orange-tree leaves as tickets and we went in.
“First, son, you’re going to see how beautiful the birds are.
Look, parrots, parakeets and macaws of every colour. Those ones over there with the colourful feathers are scarlet macaws.”
His eyes bulged with delight. We strolled about, looking at everything.
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