Cody Walsh(Story)

What can I say? Cody is a yellow-haired boy (Although he claims his hair has turned gray) with a brain made of mush. Here’s a story about when he decided to go to the zoo. Brookfield Zoo to be exact.

"Yeah! I’m going to the Zoo! I’m going to the Zoo! Well actually I’m sneaking to the Zoo when nobody knows I’m going and I’m not gonna pay my entrance fee. But anyway, back to what I was saying. Man, I love the zoo! You get see all the penguins, giraffes, and the beautiful hippopotamuses! Not to mention I get to steal a handful of Lion hair form the lion when the Zookeepers are busy eating doughnuts." Cody Walsh walked down the paved sidewalks of the Brookfield Zoo. As he passed a garbage can, he peeked inside.
‘Look! Somebody threw away an almost brand new hamburger. They only took one bite. Mmmmm, free hamburgers!" Cody reached into the garbage and pulled out a burger. He put it to his mouth and sunk in his teeth.
"Looks like some beans and soda got on it. Oh well, the more food there is, the better!" He sat on the edge of the sidewalk and finished his burger. He threw away the scraps and continued down the road towards the monkey kingdom. On his way there, he ran into some Gangstas in which he sold a giraffe sticker he found on the floor. As Cody walked through he doors of the building; he beckoned to one of the Zookeepers.
"Uh...Mr., I was wondering when the monkeys are allowed to go on vacation to Africa so they can visit their homeland. I was planning on bringing my friend Jake here sometime and I didn’t want the monkey to be gone when we come."
"Oh, the monkeys don’t get to go on vacation. They never leave the zoo. Don’t worry about them being gone son."
"Don’t they get lonely? It must be sad to be trapped in a cage."
‘They’re just monkey----"
"They’re just monkeys! They’re living creatures, I demand you let them out for a vacation!"
"I can’t just let them loose."
"That’s mean, that’s just mean. Poor monkeys." Cody wiped a tear from his eye then walked farther into the building. When he thought he was far enough away for the zookeeper, he looked both ways, then crept into a door that read employees only.

As Cody looked around the room, he noticed about five doors leading into the Monkey cages. They were probably locked, however a simple monkey keeper would have the keys for all five doors. Suddenly, the door Cody had just come thorough swung open and a zookeeper walked in.
"What are you doing in here!" The zookeeper bagman to lunge at Cody, but it just so happened that Cody had a Gun hidden in his pants. Cody shot the zookeeper in the heart.
If I am right, you are waiting for an explanation about why there is a gun in Cody’s pants, right? Here’s the deal, About a couple months before this happened, Cody just happened to be robbing his parents for money, when he came upon a gun hidden under his parents’ bed. He decided to take the gun and carry it around with him for protection. The gun had been his dad’s. See Cody’s dad secretly worked for Hetty and always carried a gun around. If Cody had looked longer, he might have discovered 3 machine guns, a sniper, 5 shotguns, 4 handguns, 9 pistols, and an AK47. His dad never realized one of his many guns were missing. He was quite forgetful.

"YahoooOOOOOooooooo!! I’ve got the keys now! Let’s see," said Cody as he grabbed the keys out of the mans zookeeper uniform, "here’s the keys to the zebra cages the monkey cages, the elephant cages, the rhino cages, and polar bear cages, the penguin cages, Whowee! There’s a different key for every cage here!" The yellow haired boy opened the five doors leading into the cages, then set out to free the rest of the animals. They didn’t get ot take any vacations either, now did they?
Across the park, Inside the main building, three zookeepers sat at a table. One was the head zookeeper; another was the vice head zookeeper, and the last one a security management man. Suddenly, another zookeeper barged into the room.
"Mr. Douglas! It’s important!" The man tugged at the security management man’s sleeve and smiled at the other two zookeepers.
"What is it? I was in an important meeting.’
"Sir, I went to change shift with Logan at the Monkey house."
"And?"
"Well, I found him dead on the floor. His keys were gone, and all the monkeys were gone from their cages."
‘Gone? You sure they weren’t just hidden in the trees?"
"NO sir. Walked into the area myself. There’s no sign of them. What do I do, Shut down the park?"
"Umm.... No. No, you can’t do that. I...err...investigate a little more. Ask the guards at the doors if they saw anyone suspicious and.... Well...try and catch the culprit. I’ve got a meeting with the mayor and I don’t want to have to shut down while he’s here. He’s coming in a couple minutes." The other zookeeper nodded then walked back out through the door. He was shot the moment he stepped into the hallway.
"Whew! That was a close one. That man could’ve arrested me for murder. Oh well, might as well free the rhinoceros while I’m here. The lions too!’ Cody unlocked the door tot he rhino cage. He walked through, then patted the rhino on it’s horn. The spectators watching the animal expected nothing out of the ordinary because Cody was wearing a Zookeeper suit he bought at K-mart.
‘Come on little Rhino. Come on, I’ve got some food for you," Cody held out a handful of grass, The Rhino began to slowly follow Cody through the door back into he the zookeeper room. Once inside, Cody kicked the animal and set it running out into the park.
"Wow! I’m sure gonna get rewarded for this. I bet nobody else was smart enough to save al the animals in the zoo and let them be free! I wonder if there are any burgers left in trash."
"Ahhhhhhhh! I’m Gonna get killed! Rhinoceros on the loose!""What? Did you say you’re going to kiss a moose?""NO! There’s a rhinoceros on the loose."
"A plate of Ham and some Goose?"
‘A rhinoceros on the loose!""OH! A rhinoceros on the loose. You know I-----Wait a minute. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"
"Mommy! There’s a Rhino out side the restaurant!!’
‘Don’t be silly Susan. We aren’t near the Rhino cage. It’s probably just a dog."
"No, it’s a Rhino!"
"Honestly Susan," The lady tuned around to look out the window. A large gray Rhino stood outside gobbling down the flowers growing in a little garden, "Oh my Gosh!! Run!! Everybody, get out of here. There’s a Rhino loose outside!" The lady grabbed her daughter and began to run out the door when a man grabbed her.
"Madam. Calm down, what exactly did you see?"
"A-a R-r-rhino. O-outside. He’s e-eating the flowers. P-please let be run."
"Madam, I assure you. The zookeepers should not let the park to continue to function with a runaway rhino loose," said the man. It was then when the entire east wall caved in and a fully-grown rhino rampaged across the floor.
"Run! Everybody clear the building. Give the animal a radius of at least 50 feet!!" The man ran form the place and continued to run all the way to the leopard cage. A zookeeper stood just outside the leopards’ area making sure nobody stuck their hands through the bars.
"You!! You work here?"
"What? OH, yes I do. Why?""Listen here bozo! There’s a wild Rhino over there running loose and hurtin’ people. Why isn’t the park evacuated? I demand you evacuate it immediately."
"Sir. Have you been drinking any beer lately? Some wine or a cappuccino perhaps?"
"No Dang it! Get over there and have a look if you don’t believe me. Come on, Go look." The zookeeper walked towards the restaurant hesitantly until he caught sight of the beast. His moth dropped open.
"See, I told you fool! Now get that beast back in its cage!!!! I’m going to sue! You can bet on that!!"
"D-Don’t worry sir. We’ll get the animal under c-control." The zookeeper fumbled for his walkie-talkie until he had it to his mouth."
"Hello, this is Robert to Base. Come in Base"
"Base here, what your status Rob?"
"Listen, we’ve got a runaway Rhino loose right by the leopard cage. He’s hurtin’ people. I need some men out here with tranquilizer"
"We’ll have them out in a couple minutes."
"I don’t have a couple minutes. Get ‘em out fast. I don’t know how much longer he’ll hang around. There are lives at stake. Get ‘em here and hurry!" The zookeeper put his walkie-talkie away and turned to the other man.
"Don’t worry, they’re sending men. The problem will be under control in a couple minutes."
"It better be. For your sake." Said the man as he stalked off down the pavement.
The tranquilizer people arrived a short while later. They surrounded the Rhino and aimed their guns.
"Okay, now make sure you hit only the Rhino and not any people running around. I don’t want to see a bunch of unconscious people lying around the Zoo. We might step on them and slip or our feet might fall not their mouths. Got it?"
"Yes boss."
"Good, Fire away." As the men took aim one more time, their concentration was broken by load roar. The men looked up from their target.
"Forget the sound and shoot the #$#% #%%$ animal!!" As he said this, A African Lion sprang out from the bushes and sunk its teach into his chest. HE died a few moments later.
"What do we do?"
"I don’t know. Maybe we ought to shoot the Rhino."
"Yes, You’re probably right. Shall we do it?""Sure." He took aim and got a tranquilizer bullet into the Rhino’s right side. Slowly the animal slowed then fell to the ground. Unfortunate, while aiming at the Rhinoceros, the lion escaped into he crowd of tourists. One of the men with a tranquilizer gun reached for his walkie-talkie,
"This is Bob to Base."
"Base here. What’s your status."
"We’re gonna need some men....... Fast."
Cody Walsh ran from Cage to Cage unleashing exotic creatures from their homes. Leopards, Cheetahs, wolves, tigers, crocodiles, all ran free throughout the zoo.


"I must be the kindest boy on earth. Santa’s sure gonna give me lot’s of presents this year! Let’s see, I freed the penguins, the giraffes, the elephants, the kangaroos, the koalas, the flamingos, the wild dogs, the seals, the cheetah, and the otters. I’ve just got a few more cages to unlock, and then my work will be done!" The mush-brained boy ran down the asphalt towards some other animal cages. Suddenly, he was grabbed by a tall man with a brown mustache.
"Hey, hold your horses. Where do you think you’re going?"
"I don’t have any horses." Said Cody. The man smiled down at him and grabbed his arm.
"Boy, didn’t you know the zoo’s closing? I suggest you come with me so I can get you where you came from. Got any money?"
"NO."
"May be I should have a look anyway." The man began to reach into Cody’s pocket.
"Hey! Stop it!!!" The man continued to reach into Cody’s pocket. His hand searched around it he cloth, and pulled out a pistol.
"What’s his boy? A gun? Where’d you get this?"
"Found it."
"Oh really," The mustached man raised the gun to Cody’s head, "Are you sure about that?"
‘I found in under my dad’s bed."
"And what does your dad look like, may I ask." Cody pulled out a portrait of his dad from inside his backpack.
"Mhmm. You’d best come with me."
"What? Why should I go with a stranger?"
"Cause if you do, I’ll give you a lifetime supply of Taco Bell steak tacos."
"You got yourself a deal.... Where we going?"
The man led Cody out of the Zoo and into the parking lot. There, he put Cody into his car and drove him to the train station. Cody was taken back to Aurora and driven to his house.
‘Now, Cody. I suggest you don’t mention the events at the zoo to anyone. See, I know you wanted to let the animals free...but"
"But what!!"
‘Well, you did set them free. However, you kind of killed two people in the process. Killing is illegal."
"Oh, I didn’t know. Barney never mentioned that you weren’t supposed to kill people. I didn’t want to do anything wrong."
"Yeah well, just don’t mention it to anyone. You’re lucky I was there to help you out of that mess. Tell your dad I said hi. Tell him yellow guy said hi. Okay?"
"Sure."

Cody went back to normal life. The Brookfield zoo incident was kept off the press, and tourists visiting the zoo were paid to keep quiet. The police investigated the murders and the incident and found no evidence of anything. Cody’s crime went undetected. In case you hadn’t figured this out, the mustached man was indeed the yellow suited man. He had been assigned to work with Cody’s dad for a little while, which resulted him knowing Cody’s dad. If you want to know why the yellow suited man was at the zoo...He went there out of his own pleasure. As for the gun, it was returned to Hetty. Cody’s dad does not know what Cody did at the zoo and doesn’t’ know Cody even went to the zoo. The yellow suited man has kept quiet. So has Hetty.

P.S. This Document has been written by Nicholas Makara. Hope you enjoyed it.