I don't have a zoo

Shannon 2022-03-21 09:01:49

The youngest daughter asked: Dad, why don't we tell stories now? A: Because we live in stories. This should be a fairy tale, otherwise how could it be so warm and touching. Finally, when I saw the end, it turned out to be based on a true story, and it felt like a fairy tale came into reality. Nice ~

How to get out of the darkness of losing a loved one, the family moved away from the familiar living environment and came to this half-abandoned zoo. Started an unknown adventure with a group of friends who love animals and this zoo.

In the process of rebuilding the zoo, it is not only repairing the dilapidated environment, but also repairing the inner pain and the father-son relationship. The last portrait of tiger also made it clear that Dylan finally had a ray of sunshine in his heart, and it was no longer a hell where dark demons ran rampant. And the father finally mustered up the courage to recall the beautiful scene with his wife before. To be able to smile and cry, I must be relieved.

Maybe all of this is not just from the embarrassed courage of the 20s. Love is the eternal theme and a good medicine to repair wounds.

What surprised me was my little daughter, who was mature beyond her age and had a transparent and open heart. While silently taking care of himself, he also accompanied his father and brother through the most difficult moments.

Reminds me of Ma Boyong's "Prairie Zoo", which is also a story about an abandoned zoo. In order to preach better, the preacher bought the animals that were about to starve to death in the zoo and led them to the boundless grassland, thus producing the story of adventure. It is also an adventure that does not know the future.

When I go to the zoo in the future, should I also spread my thinking and come up with some interesting stories? Why not!

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We Bought a Zoo quotes

  • [first lines]

    Dylan Mee: My dad is a writer who specialized in adventure.

    Benjamin Mee: This is Benjamin Mee. I am surrounded by hundreds, probably thousands of killer bees. If I wasn't wearing this suit, I would be dead in an instant.

    Dylan Mee: He interviewed dangerous dictators.

    Hugo Chavez: Take this message to that American cowboy. We already gave a 10 billion dollar oil credit to China. Swallow that, Mr. Danger!

    Benjamin Mee: What's your favorite movie?

    Hugo Chavez: Toy Story.

    [to his staff]

    Hugo Chavez: The first one or the second one?

    Segundo: The second.

    Dylan Mee: He even flew into the center of Hurricane Charley.

    Benjamin Mee: [shouting over air noise] How far are we from the eye?

    Pilot: About two minutes. This hurricane, sir, Charley is really kneading us well, sir.

    Benjamin Mee: Tell me when it gets severe!

    Dylan Mee: He knew the ins and outs of strange and exotic adventure, backwards and forwards. But nothing prepared him for this one.

  • Benjamin Mee: [loosing track of Rosie at the zoo] Oh God, I keep her home one day from school and she gets eaten!