Summer Happenings

My roommate, Fantasia, spent her summer in Jacksonville, Florida. Though she had enjoyed her stay for the most part, a few incidents that she had not anticipated occurred. In late July she visited the Jacksonville Zoo with her cousins. She decided to go with them despite her fear of animals. At the zoo there were birds that were not kept in cages – they just roamed around the room. Fantasia expressed how scared she was when her four-year-old cousin went to pick one up. However, she was not aware that she would be brought to another challenge that day to overcome her fear. As her and her family continued on through the zoo, they were brought to the section where the giraffes were. There you were allowed to feed the giraffes. Each of Fantasia’s cousins fed a giraffe and the oldest one dared her to do the same. In spite of her fear of animals she decided to take a shot. This was not the best day for Fantasia to be brave. The giraffe bit her, resulting in having to get six stitches on her left ring finger, which did not help conquer her fear unfortunately. To add to her troubles, her car keys went missing. Luckily her and her cousins were able to find their way home via public transportation and her parents had a spare key to the car at their house.