Zoo politics [Archives:2003/672/Culture]

Abdulwahab Abdulqawi Al-Sofi
Hodeidah
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Once upon a time, an angry dog kept on barking late at night in one of the big zoos of the town. The dog might have been hungry or thirsty, but it prolonged barking for far too long. For some reason, I believe that the dog was practicing its freedom to bark and get it all out. The calmness of night made the dog's barking intolerable. This irritated other animals in the zoo. Its barking woke up almost all other animals, including a young male donkey, which brayed loudly inside the stable. Perhaps, the donkey wanted to stop the dog's barking but instead, woke up other animals too. Many animals were seriously disturbed. One of them was an agitator bull. Its agitation made him run and hit the donkey hard with his horns. The ox knocked the donkey down instantly.
The news of the donkey's death was widely spread out of the zoo. Therefore, all donkeys learned about the news quickly. They expressed their sorrow by half-mast ears. The zeal of donkeys grew up quickly. They were assembled to attack the bulls. Thus, the battle started. Donkeys were kicking the bulls, and the bulls would knock down more donkeys. Braying of donkeys continued ever since. Dogs continued to bark and tigers continued their roaring in their cages.
However, because bulls were naturally stronger than donkeys, they were able to crush all donkeys and eventually celebrated their victory with cows and calves. The donkeys rendered a memorandum to the zookeeper who couldn”t solve the problem. He, in his turn, sent their notes to the United Animals Security Council. It is well- known that zebras are active members in the Security Council. They, of course, advocated the donkeys. However, zebras, dogs and tigers were allied. They would vote for donkeys against bulls. They asserted that the oxen horns carry nuclear weapons, so that the Security Council decided to cut them off. The bleeding caused by cutting their horns, caused a lot of damage to the bulls and donkeys. Some calves met each other to make an initiative in which they would advise the bulls to implement all Security Council decisions. They said that bulls must apologize to all donkeys. Unfortunately, all attempts failed to convince the donkeys to work on stopping the cutting off of oxen horns.
More resolutions were issued against the bulls. This enabled the zebras to invade the zoo and all neighboring cow farms. Cows would suffer, as they were apart from their bulls. A resolution stated that all bulls would be replaced by donkeys. They were obliged to live peacefully as zebra had the authority to control the situation. Cows and calves couldn”t tolerate this situation. They complained, demanding the Animal World to cancel sanctions imposed on the bulls. This siege causes many problems. Farmers couldn”t cultivate their farms without bulls. Milk and its products became very expensive. No one can dispense with milk in the world. Cows became very sad. That”s why soon; members of Animal World Security Council held a new meeting. They decided to form a senior delegation to carry out an elaborate study on the cows' crisis. This delegation consisted of different kinds of monkeys. Their task was essentially to insure and examine whether the bulls' horns had any mass destruction weapons. When monkeys arrived at the zoo, they directly nominated dogs to help them. After they had checked the horns, they declared and decided to continue cutting off their hors. This made the calves very angry, as they would certainly wait their turn sooner or later. Donkeys have been threatening them forever. Now, calves, bulls, cows which have horns on their heads are classified as terrorists. They are threatened for ever.
I wonder my readers. Will donkeys, dogs and zebras be able to spread security and peace in the zoo? And may cows and calves come back with dignity and self-esteem? Then, who will free the zoo from zebras' domination? Can't they establish a unity for at least the new generation? It's only all a matter of time, before we figure the answer out.
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