On Sunday there was a big fire. One of the cars at a friend of dad's car workshop caught on fire and burnt. Luckily, no one was hurt and dad's friend doesn't have to pay for it, as it wasn't his fault, and he can't afford it.
John heard one of their hired men running towards him. He stopped next to him and told him that there was a zebra herd nearby and that he had spotted a black zebra with white legs and neck. John knew at once that it was a rare pseud-melanistic zebra (melanisticism is when there's too much pigment in there body, and melanistic animals appear black: pseud-melanisticism is when some kind of animal has bigger and closer together spots or stripes, making it look like it is black with stripes of a different color, although it's actually the opposite: shadow the black tiger from "The Adventures of the Creature Club", one of the stories that I wrote is pseud-melanistic), and told his father, who still couldn't help them because of his accident and Jack, who rushed out to capture it, bringing with him a syringe gun (I told you about them in chapter two) and a truck with a zebra cage in it.
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I am so sorry to hear about the fire. I am glad no one was hurt. Fires are awful!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of a pseud-melanistic zebra. Never! Thanks for your great stories and wonderful information about animals. I learn a lot from you!