it was late in the afternoon and Gus and Trudy overheard Annalisa lamenting over the fact that she had not met an animal friend. She was a little sad because many flamingos had come to be with Abby and Georgie the Monkey had come to live with Tommy. (Tommy had named the Monkey and now they were the best of friends).
Trudy felt bad for Annalisa. Gus said that Annalisa was not a little kid any more and didn't need to have a special animal look after her. Trudy argued with him. "Maybe Annalisa is not a little kid anymore and she doesn't need an animal to watch over her but it would be nice if she had an animal that was her friend."
Gus thought it over.
Trudy kept on talking,"You know Annalisa is going to be a teenager. Teenagers need friends more than anything else in the world."
Gus thought that over too.
Trudy still kept talking,"Annalisa needs a special friend that she can tell all her secrets to , someone who will never repeat anything, someone who will not gossip."
Gus thought and thought. out of the corner of his eye he saw Trudy open her beak to speak again and he quickly said,"Yes, yes you are right Trudy. Annalisa needs a special friend. I think Annalisa needs a magical friend."
Gus and Trudy thought and thought. Who or what would be a good magical friend for Annalisa?
Finally they agreed. They would ask Zebra (Annalisa would name him) to come and live with Annalisa. During the day Zebra would look like any other stuffed animal. But on certain nights Zebra would sprout wings and he and Annalisa would go flying out in the night together.
Gus and Trudy put a call out to - you guessed it - the Great Flamingo - and were told that very soon Annalisa would have her own friend coming to live with her.
Gus and trudy were very pleased with themselves. As reward to themselves they sat up and roasted marshmallows and made s'mores. After a while they went to bed satisfied in their minds, hearts and stomachs.
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