Thursday, August 25, 2011

Oh, Boy...

This isn't my story, but it's too good to keep to myself!
A friend of a friend worked at a summer camp this summer, and was sharing her experiences with some friends... Here's what she shared:
Every week, they'd take the campers to the Baltimore Aquarium. For those of you who have never been there, it's very large and wonderful. One week, they had a little autistic boy (We can call him Jimmy) in the group. Shelly (let's call her Shelly... I don't know her real name) was in charge of little Jimmy's group. She knew that she had to keep a particular eye on Jimmy because of his special needs, and was never very far from him... Except for a short period when she had gotten distracted by something else... Jimmy found his opportunity. He managed to isolate himself from the group.
Shelley found him in a corner, soaking wet, stuffing a (are you ready for this??) penguin into his backpack.
Seriously.
A real penguin.
In his backpack.
Undetected.
How does that even happen?? He ran away from his group, jumped into the penguin tank, CAUGHT A PENGUIN, and tried stealing it without anyone catching him! And how did they tell the folks who work at the aquarium?? "Hey, guys! See this penguin? Yeah, we almost stole it..."
However he managed to do it, I've got a new hero.

2 comments:

  1. That is absolutely hilarious!!

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  2. Oh wow, now that is funny! I would love to see a pic of THAT!! :)

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