I have a zoo in my house.

My unique-some might even say exotic roommates- include Bino and Star, two bearded dragons who are in love; Buddy and Selky, two Columbian Tegus who may be lesbian or gay--- still trying to figure that one out; Nyko, the garbage disposing, cage dinging, fuzzy feeling, cute sounding-- and moody-- prairie dog; Kyrie, the rather normal one of the family, is a puppy or, more specifically, she's a jackbagoodle, a beagle, poodle, jackrussell mix; and... Speckles and Dumpy the frogs.

The cast of characters I live with, fill my life with happiness, except that time Kyrie ate my birth control pills, and Nyko dragged my fiance's shirt into his cage to make it his own personal Tempurpedic mattress, and Buddy almost bit my hand off causing tuna fish to fling all over the ceiling and wall and, yes, it smelled like fish for days...

Yes, I have a zoo in my house: Zoomahouse. Kyrie can even catch her own tail, every dog's dream! She's like a weird little contortionist.

Each story blog is a tale seen through a different animal's eyes. So, take a journey with me... behind the scenes of "Zoomahouse."

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Episode 1: Bino and the Fur

Today's story will be seen through Bino's eyes...

Enjoy your trip to the zoo.
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Bino, the bearded dragon, roamed restlessly in his house. He was so hungry and hadn’t eaten a cricket in days! All the crickets were hiding in a little cardboard box in the corner of his home. The crickets were not that smart, however, they loved cardboards so much that they naturally stayed in the box. Bino could never understand what was so wonderful about cardboard, but he understood what was wonderful about crickets! He was so hungry!
Suddenly, the roof to his house began to slide back. Bino  looked excitedly up. His friend was gonna feed him! He knew that whenever she opened the top it met one of three things: food was coming (which Bino hoped desperately for as he cocked his dragon head), a bath was awaiting (which Bino sometimes liked, mostly after he ate though… it helped his tummy), or…it was cuddling time! Cuddling time was always good because Bino could be with his best friend, the tall one with hair, but he really, really, really wanted food!
A little furry creature dropped down. Bino’s roof began to close. Bino heard his friend singing to him in her weird language so he looked at her through his right eye. “What’s this?!” He bobbed his head at her, but his friend walked away. Bino turned to the shaking fur. He pounced over to it, kicking sand into the air. The fur began to tremble more, “Oh no!” It cried, “Don’t eat me!”
It can talk! And has eyes! Bino’s beard turned black as he puffed it out as far as possible, hoping he was threatening enough to keep the fur away. The fur was scary! Bino turned and ran at it, trying to make it go away. The fur ran to the cardboard box and stopped at the opening. Twitching its little nose, it sniffed towards Bino, “Why didn’t you eat me?” It squeaked out.
Bino’s beard flared haughtily, “I do not eat furs!” Bino cried, “I like BUGS!”
Fur turned its big ears towards the box. “Like the ones in here?” It asked.
Bino bobbed his head in agreement. “I know tall friend. If you help me get those crickets, I bet she’ll see I don’t want to eat ya!” Bino stomped a foot, and shivering, added, “BLECH!” His eyes bulging he said quickly, “No offense!”
The fur’s little body shook with laughter. “I am very happy I am ‘BLECH’ as you say. I will get those bugs for you!” The fur ran into the card board scattering crickets everywhere. They hippity-hopped about Bino’s home.
“Nyum, yum, nummy, yum!” Bino munched happily as his belly blew up as big as a blowfish. “Schmank chew!” He said to fur as he ate. Fur laughed again and ran up to Bino, crawling onto his back.
“I am glad you are happy, friend… How odd I would make a friend here! Will your friend come and get me soon?” Fur asked, sitting on Bino’s triangular head. Bino bobbed.
“She must know I would never eat a fur now!” The roof slid away. “There she is now!”
“Oh, Bino! You are the weirdest bearded dragon ever. Great, one more roommate for Zoomahouse! Come here little mousey; there must be something special about you.” The tall one with the hair grabbed fur off of Bino’s head. 
“Good-bye, dragon-lizard. I will always remember your kindness!”
Bino stamped the ground, bobbing his head good-bye. “I will always remember you too!” Thank you for helping with the crickets. And don’t worry, I will never eat a fur!” Bino watched as his best friend carried his new friend home. Filled with joy and food, Bino now hoped that soon it would be… CUDDLE TIME!
His roof slid back and he was with the tall girl, in her hair… “Love you, Bino.” She said as she cuddled him happily. Bino always did love cuddle time the best!
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Little did Bino and I know, but that mouse did become part of the family. In fact, she was named Stormy and paired up with Squeaky, a gorgeous blond, and they made over 20 generations together, which -- interestingly enough-- became spotted like cows, and were later eaten by Bino…
His taste buds changed after he met Star and she, apparently, explained to him that he was abnormal enough as it was without adding being friends with food to his list… That… or, he just really wanted to impress her.
All that in another tale from Zoomahouse later…
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 8, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    I'm gonna have to keep a close eye on Bino; he sounds like he's going to be an interesting character.

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  2. edenroeFebruary 12, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    He is! You will be hearing from him again, when he meets his soulmate, Star! :)

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