I, Norman, had planned to go to San Diego with Betsy, but she needed me to babysit the bears and cats.
Personally, I would have rather gone to the San Diego Zoo. The cats are not very good listeners. They fought a lot and stayed up all hours of the night.
But finally, Betsy came home. She brought photos that she had taken of the gorilla exhibit. Seeing them made me a little sad.
Whenever I think about missing my family, Betsy reads me one of our favorite picture books: Elizabeth and Larry.
Later I had a great idea! Maybe one of the gorillas from the zoo could be my pen pal.
Betsy wasn’t sure if she could work this out, so she came up with another suggestion. So I now have a pen pal from the toy store. You will meet him next week. His name is Wilton.
In the meantime, I hope you like the pictures. Betsy said the gorillas were very active while she was there.
One female is expecting very soon.
Can you tell which gorilla is in charge?
Love, Norman
