ZOO ESSAY :

MODEL ANSWER 1:
I'd love to go to the zoo in the spring. Not only is it good eer!ise "#t I $o#ld get to see %y
three &'vorite 'ni%'ls $hi!h 're( the %on)eys( $hite tigers( 'nd peng#ins.
*n&ort#n'tely( &ro% %y ho#se the drive is long to 'ny zoo. I've he'rd Mil#')ee +oo is ' good
pl'!e to see %on)eys. Not to %ention( "'"oons( !hi%p'nzees( 'nd gorill's. I li)e spider
%on)eys the "est "e!'#se they h've little $hite &'!es( ' lot o& energy( 'nd they 're so !#te.
,hey h've long thin) t'ils th't they #se re'lly $ell to get 'ro#nd. ,hey e't "'n'n's $ith "oth
h'nds 'nd !h'se e'!h other 'nd %')e %e l'#gh. A&ter the %on)ey displ'ys !o%e the l'rge !'t
're'.
,his 're' is $here the $hite tigers 're. ,hey 're very r're 'nd "e'#ti&#l. ,hey're &in'lly '
prote!ted spe!ies. I !o#ld loo) 't the% 'll d'y seeing 's ho$ they 're so %'-esti!. ,hey loo) so
rel'ed "#t 're re'lly very d'ngero#s. they 're de&initely not yo#r !o%%on pet ho#se !'t. Not
&'r &ro% the !'t ho#se is the .ol'r displ'y.
Net $e enter do$n into ' !'ve th't goes 'long the "otto% 'nd side o& ' t'n). .'rt o& the
displ'y is open $ith 'r!ti! de!or 'nd there i see %y &'vorite o& 'll the !re't#res( the peng#ins.
,heir is ' !ool %ist &'lling &ro% the !eiling 'nd the te%per't#re is reg#l'ted to st'y !old. .eople
h've ' p'rt they !'n $'l) thro#gh to see their h'"it't $itho#t dist#r"ing their !olony. ,he "est
p'rt is the $'y they $'l) 'ro#nd $ith their little &lippers o#t 'nd $'ddle. then they go to the
edge o& the l'nd 'nd -#%p into the "l#e t'n) $here $e !'n see the% glide so gr'!e&#lly. O it's
l#n!h ti%e 'nd %y s'ys its ti%e to go.
Its "een ' $onder&#l %orning 't the zoo eperien!ing the $onders o& n't#re th't god h's p#t on
the e'rth &or #s to en-oy. It's 'lso "een tiring( I/% gl'd %y %o%s driving ho%e so I !'n h've '
n'p on %y ride ho%e
MODEL ANSWER 0:
As one $ho loves 'ni%'ls( I on!e p'id ' visit to the zoo in 1#'l' L#%p#r( one o& the l'rgest I
h've ever seen. I li)ed everything there so %#!h th't I sh'll never &orget th't visit.
I visited the zoo on ' S#nd'y together $ith ' &e$ o& %y &riends. A&ter le'ving o#r ho%es e'rly
in the %orning $e re'!hed the zoo "e&ore noon. We then "o#ght o#r ti!)ets 'nd entered the zoo.
,he &irst thing th't i%pressed %e( 's $e entered the zoo( $'s its size 'nd "e'#ty. I !o#ld h'rdly
"elieve th't ' zoo !o#ld "e so l'rge. In "e'#ty too( it $'s one o& the "est pl'!es th't I h'd ever
seen. I s'$ %'ny )inds o& pl'nts 'nd &lo$ers 'll 'ro#nd. I 'lso s'$ so%e l')es in $hi!h d#!)s
o& v'rio#s )inds $ere s$i%%ing. I then noted th't the !'ges o& the 'ni%'ls in this zoo 're
sep'r'ted &ro% one 'nother( $hi!h %')es one/s visit %ore interesting. A&ter visiting one !'ge
the visitor h's to $'l) ' short dist'n!e to re'!h the net !'ge. In this $'y one h's to spend %ore
ti%e resting here 'nd there to visit 'll the !'ges. W'l)ing ro#nd the zoo there&ore "e!o%es %ore
interesting.
My &riends 'nd I( ho$ever( visited the %on)eys &irst. ,hey $ere o& v'rio#s types &ro% di&&erent
p'rts o& the $orld. ,hey $ere 'll very '!tive( tho#gh they h'd "een !on&ined to their !'ges &or '
long ti%e. ,hen( $e $ent to the pl'!es $here the tigers 'nd the lions $ere )ept. ,hese 'ni%'ls
did not see% to "e '!tive li)e the %on)eys. ,hey $ere 'll lying do$n 'nd loo)ing 't the visitors
$itho#t 'ny interest. I $'s ' little s#rprised 't their !oolness.
A&ter th't $e s'$ the other 'ni%'ls( reptiles 'nd "irds. ,heir v'riety $'s '%'zing. We $ere 'll
deeply interested in their "eh'vior 'nd %ove%ents $ithin their !'ges.
,hen( 'lter spending sever'l ho#rs in the zoo( $e $ent o#t 'nd h'd ' re&reshing drin) o&
!o!on#t $'ter. A&ter drin)ing( $e ret#rned ho%e( &eeling very h'ppy.
MODEL ANSWER 2:
3've yo# ever &elt h'ppiness 'nd $orry in one d'y4 I lived one o& the str'ngest %o%ents o& %y
li&e $hen I $ent to ' s#%%er !o#rse $ith other people. ,he te'!hers in this !o#rse !'rried #s to
visit the 5#'d'l'-'r''s zoo 'nd th't d'y $'s very str'nge. A d'y &#ll o& &#n "e!'%e into ' $orry(
"e!'#se o#r "#s $'s d'%'ged.
,h't d'y 't 6 '.%. $e $ent to the zoo "y "#s( there $e s'ng &#nny songs 'nd one o& the te'!hers
t'#ght #s ho$ to do di&&erent &ig#res in ' pie!e o& p'per. A&ter 7 ho#rs( $e 'rrived to the zoo
'nd $e $ent to so%e g'%es to h've &#n. We h'd &#n in ' roller!o'ster '%ong other rides( "#t
then $e $ere tired( so $e de!ided to rest.
We rested in ' tr'in th't !'rried #s 'ro#nd the zoo to $'t!h di&&erent 'ni%'ls. We !o#ld see '
gir'&&e th't $'s $'l)ing together $ith ' herd o& its )ind. Also( there $ere ' lot o& "e'#ti&#l
%on)eys 'nd hippopot'%#s. Moreover( $e $ent to see 'n '%'zing dolphin sho$( in $hi!h the
dolphins did e!ellent piro#ettes( I li)ed it so %#!h( "e!'#se I h'd never seen ' dolphin sho$ in
%y $hole li&e. A&ter th't( $e 'te ' deli!io#s s'nd$i!hes 'nd sod's. L'ter( so%e o& %y p'rtners
$ent to di&&erent pl'!es 'ro#nd the zoo.
8onse9#ently( they got lost( so $e h'd to loo) &or the%. When they 'ppe'red( the te'!her
s!olded the%( 'nd &in'lly( $e h'd to '"'ndon the pl'!e. We $ere s'd( "#t 'ny$'y $e $ere
%')ing noise. S#ddenly( the "#s $'s 'dv'n!ing slo$ly 'nd then it stopped( the te'!her let #s
)no$ th't the "#s $'s d'%'ged( %y p'rtners 'nd I $ere $orried '"o#t st'ying there 'll the
night( "#t $e only $ere there 'ro#nd 2 ho#rs. A&ter th't( the !h'#&&e#r !o#ld &i the "#s 'nd $e
!ontin#ed o#r $'y( $hile 'nother te'!her told #s ' horror story.
We 're th'n)&#l to the !h'#&&e#r( "e!'#se he &i the "#s 'nd $e !o#ld 'rrive to o#r ho%es. I
le'rned th't I sho#ld "e p'tient in so%e sit#'tions o& %y li&e 'nd th't not 'll the things $ill "e
o). We h've to thin) in ' positive $'y to h've s#!!ess in li&e.
MODEL ANSWER 7:
,he $hole &'%ily h'd gone to the zoo. It $'s ' S#nd'y 'nd they tho#ght o& en-oying it o#t 't
the !ity zoo. ,he &'ther( %other 'nd their t$o sons h'd gone to the zoo. ,hey $ere very h'ppy.
,he t$o !hildren s'$ the tiger 'nd lion 'nd en-oyed the !'ri!'t#re o& the g#ine' pigs. ,hey
l'#ghed 't the !hi%p'nzee 'nd $ere d'#nted "y the l'rge &ig#re o& the eleph'nt. ,hey 'te their
&ood 't the rest'#r'nt inside the zoo.
,he &'ther 'nd the %other $ere !h'tting $hen they s#ddenly re'lized th't their sons $ere
no$here to "e seen. ,hey se'r!hed here 'nd there "#t there $'s no sign o& the t$o "oys. ,hey
see%ed to h've v'nished so%epl'!e. ,he p'rents $ere !rying 'nd r#nning to &ind their !hildren.
,hey $ent to the in&or%'tion !entre 'nd 's)ed the% to !o%e there. :#t still there $'s no sign
o& the%.
D'y !h'nged to evening 'nd they $ere still %issing. ,he p'rents "oth $ent to ' ne'r"y poli!e
st'tion 'nd &iled ' %issing di'ry 'nd t'l)ed $ith ' ne$sp'per g#y to give the 'd o& their t$o
!hildren. ,hey ret#rned ho%e de-e!ted.
Mrs. Sh'r%'( the neigh"or !'%e r#nning. She told( ;yo#r "oys h've &'llen 'sleep $'iting &or
"oth o& yo#. ,hey !'%e "'!) ho%e &ro% the zoo 'nd $ere $ith %e. ,hey s'id they told yo#
th't they !'%e "'!).< ,he &'ther 'nd the %other !o#ld not "elieve $h't they he'rd. ,hey sin!e
then never le&t the "oys o#t o& their sight.
MODEL ANSWER =:
,he zoo is ' pl'!e $here di&&erent )inds o& 'ni%'ls( "e'sts( "irds et!. 're )ept. It is ' pl'!e o& '
gre't ed#!'tion'l v'l#e &or 'll persons 'nd espe!i'lly &or the !hildren. 3ere !hildren !'n get
&'%ili'r $ith di&&erent )inds o& living !re't#res $ho live in di&&erent p'rts o& the $orld. A visit
to the zoo is highly in&or%'tive 'nd it in!re'ses the )no$ledge o& the st#dents.
,hose $ho 're living in the !ities do not )no$ '"o#t the li&e o& 'ni%'ls 'nd "e'sts $ho live in
the &orest. ,h#s "y going to the zoologi!'l p'r) they !'n see "irds 'nd "e'sts o& di&&erent
!olo#rs 'nd v'rieties( $ho live &'r '$'y &ro% o#r !iviliz'tion in the -#ngles.
,here is ' good zoologi!'l p'r)s in .')ist'n espe!i'lly in its "ig !ities li)e L'hore( 1'r'!hi. In
L'hore the zoo is sit#'ted ne'r W'pd' 3o#se on the M'll. L'st S#nd'y I visited the L'hore zoo
in the !o%p'ny o& %y &riends &ro% o#r s!hool. We st'rted &ro% o#r ho%es 't 1>:>> '.%. 'nd
too) the v'n No. 0=. At the zoo there $'s ' gre't r#sh o& visitors $ho h'd 'lso !o%e to visit the
zoo 'nd $ere 'll in ' holid'y %ood. One o& o#r &riends stood in the long 9#e#e to p#r!h'se the
entry ti!)ets '&ter $hi!h $e entered the zoo.
In the zoo there 're "e'#ti&#l p'r)s 'nd pools. ?irst o& 'll $e s'$ the $'ter "irds li)e the d#!)s
s$'ns 'nd !r'nes $hi!h $ere pl'ying in the $'ter. All o& #s $ere thrilled to see the "e'#ti&#l
$'ter "irds. ,he n'%es o& the "irds $ere $ritten 'lso on $ooden "o'rds $hi!h $ere &ied in the
gro#nd.
,hen $e s'$ the "irds $ho $ere t$ittering 'nd hopping their !'ges. ,here $ere "e'#ti&#l "irds
li)e pigeons p'rrots 'nd sp'rro$s 'll %')ing ' lot o& noise.
A&ter this $e s'$ ' little 'he'd st'gs 'nd deer pl'ying in 'n en!los#re $hi!h loo)ed li)e '
&orest. A Neelg'i $'s st'nding ne'r"y. ,here $'s 'n en!los#re o& )'ng'roos. A p'ir o& rhinos
$'s 'lso st'nding in dirty $'ter. ,he rhino!eros h's ' very %'ssive "ody $ith ' horn on the
nose.
5r'd#'lly $e %oved on to the se!tion o& $ild 'ni%'ls. ,his se!tion $'s very thrilling &or 'll o&
#s. In it $e s'$ lions tigers "e'rs 'nd p'nthers. A &e$ leop'rds $ere 'lso there. All these "e'sts
$ere )ept in sep'r'te !'ges. We 'lso s'$ ' $hite tiger. ,he $hite tiger $'s 'ttr'!ting "ig
!ro$ds. A &e$ lions $ere sleeping 'nd t')ing rest. A tiger $'s %oving to 'nd &ro $ith his 'ngry
eyes.
,hen $e s'$ ' -'!)'l ' $ol& 'nd &oes. ,here $ere sn')es 'nd !o"r's o& di&&erent )inds. ,here
$ere 'lso di&&erent )inds o& %on)eys 'nd "'"oons &ro% 'll over the $orld. ,hen $e s'$ 'n
eleph'nt !'%els ponies don)eys et!. O$ls( !h')ors 'nd h'$)s !o#ld 'lso "een seen in their
!'ges.
No$ $e $ere %#!h tired so $e s'd do$n &or o#r l#n!h 'nd rest. We 'te o#r dry l#n!h $hi!h
$e h'd t')en &ro% o#r ho#se $ith #s 'nd s't on the gr'ssy gro#nd #nder the trees. We 'lso too)
te' &ro% ' st'll 'nd then res#%ed o#r to#r to the zoo.
We en-oyed ' -oy ride on the eleph'nt 'nd !'%e "'!) ho%e in the evening. We en-oyed
o#rselves %#!h 't the zoo the $hole d'y long.
MODEL ANSWER @:
,he zoo is 'n 'rti&i!i'l &orest !re'ted "y %'n. ,ho#gh there 're &e$ trees !o%p'red $ith the
n't#r'l &orest( the 'ni%'ls( "irds 'nd other !re't#res &o#nd in the zoo %#st 'l$'ys re%ind #s o&
the &orest. It is indeed 'n interesting pl'!e to visit.
Even in the n't#r'l &orest s#!h ' v'riety o& 'ni%'ls( "irds 'nd other !re't#res !'nnot "e &o#nd 's
in ' "ig zoo. Ani%'ls $hi!h 're not &o#nd in the &orests o& one !o#ntry 're !'#ght in other p'rts
or the $orld 'nd "ro#ght to the zoo. ,he lion( &or e'%ple( is not &o#nd in M'l'ysi'A "#t one
%'y see 'n A&ri!'n lion in the zoo 't Bohore :'hr#.
*ntil I visited the zoo 't Bohore :'hr# ' &e$ %onths 'go( I h'd no ide' ho$ in&or%'tive ' visit
to ' zoo %ight "e. ,ho#gh the zoo 't Bohore :'hr# is not "ig( I &o#nd %'ny )inds o& interesting
'ni%'ls 'nd other !re't#res there. Lions( tigers 'nd other 'ni%'ls $ere %oving '"o#t l'zily in
their !'ges. So%e o& the 'ni%'ls 'ppe'red to "e "ored( 'nd they too) little interest in the
visitors. ,he %on)eys( ho$ever( sho$ed their n't#r'l 'gility. Whenever they s'$ ' visitor( they
r'n to$'rds hi% 'nd "egged &or so%ething to e't. I $'s indeed '%#sed 't their "eh'vior. Most
o& the% $ere !'#ght in M'l'ysi' 'nd their v'riety $'s '%'zing.
So%e o& the "irds too $ere very interesting to see. ,heir "e'#ti&#l &e'thers &'s!in'ted %e. :irds
're indeed one o& the loveliest !re'tions o& god. A &e$ "irds 're l'rger th'n %'ny 'ni%'ls.
,he lions 'nd the tigers in this zoo $ere so do!ile th't I !o#ld not "#t tre't the% 's do%esti!
'ni%'ls li)e the dog 'nd the !'t. I $ent very !lose to the%( "#t they sho$ed little interest in %e.
I then "eg'n to thin) o& ho$ the 'ni%'l or even h#%'n spirit !o#ld "e "ro)en "y !on&ine%ent.
8on&ined to their !'ges( these 'ni%'ls h'd "e!o%e spiritless. Even the sight o& &ood did not see
to e!ite the% %#!h.
,hen( there $'s the !ro!odile $ith its #s#'l preten!e o& inno!en!e. It re&#sed to "e dist#r"ed.
3e'ven )no$s ho$ it %ight h've re'!ted i& ' !hild h'd &'llen into its pit. 3o$ever( %y visit to
the zoo h'd in!re'sed %y )no$ledge o& 'ni%'ls.
MODEL ANSEWR C :
A visit to the zoo !'n "e %ore th'n -#st ' d'y o& entert'in%ent. I%'gine vie$ing $ildli&e( eoti!
'nd &'r% 'ni%'ls on C '!res o& pe'!e&#l( "e'#ti&#l gro#nds. DWh't's so #n#s#'l '"o#t th't4D yo#
%ight s'y. Well( it is $hen yo# re'lize this Done o& ' )indD zoo( lo!'ted in the "e'#ti&#l
.inel'nds o& so#thern Ne$ Bersey( spe!i'lizes in !'ring &or '"#sed( negle!ted( h'ndi!'pped(
eploited( 'nd #n$'nted 'ni%'ls. All the 'ni%'ls living 't this &'!ility h've "een res!#ed &ro%
' li&e o& !r#el tre't%ent 'nd 're no$ living o#t their lives in ' pe'!e&#l( !'ring environ%ent(
giving %#!h en-oy%ent to the %'ny !hildren $ho visit d'ily.
A visit to the .op!orn .'r) +oo in Forked River, NJ !'n te'!h yo#r !hildren !o%p'ssion 's
they le'rn ho$ e'!h 'ni%'l( in dire need o& res!#e( !'%e to "e ' p'rt o& this tr'n9#il pl'!e they
no$ !'ll ho%e.
Living in So#th Bersey( I h'd he'rd o& the .op!orn .'r) +oo 'nd h'd %'ny ti%es p'ssed the
!'rlo'ds o& !hildren 'nio#sly '$'iting entr'n!e into the p'r). :eing ' &'%ilyEtype e!#rsion( I
'$'ited the 'rriv'l o& %y 7 ye'r old gr'ndson &ro% Atl'nt'( )no$ing he $o#ld thoro#ghly
en-oy 'n '&ternoon o& &#n in the s#n( le'rning 'll '"o#t the 'ni%'ls.
Ar%ed $ith o#r "oes o& pop!orn to &eed the 'ni%'ls( $e &orged 'he'd to &ind e'sily '!!essi"le
p'th$'ys( "en!hes &or the $e'ry to rest their &eet( F!o%&ort'"le $'l)ing shoes or sne')ers 're '
%#stG( pi!ni! t'"les 'nd rest stops &or those $ho pl'n 'he'd $hen tr'veling $ith s%'ll !hildren(
'nd interesting in&or%'tion reg'rding the 'ni%'ls every step o& the $'y. An 'doption !enter is
'lso 'v'il'"le &or those interested in giving ' good ho%e to ' ho%eless dog or !'t.
,he '&ternoon ended $ith ' very sleepy little "oy 'nd 'n eh'#sted gr'nd%other $ith so%e
pre!io#s %e%ories. All in 'll( ' very $orth$hile F'nd inepensiveG o#ting.