Penguins
December 15, 2006
When I spoke to my Mom earlier in the day she mentioned that a friend who worked in a school where a young autistic boy took a penguin from the new aquarium in Atlanta while on a fieldtrip. Apparently, he was able to jump into the tank and take a penguin and then stash it in his backpack. He got on the school bus wet but apparently no one said anything. When he arrived home, his mother opened up his backpack and found the penguin alive and looking back at her. She then took the penguin and put it in the car and called the aquarium and said she was on the way and would be bringing the penguin with her. Apparently, this did not make the news which I thought was somewhat surprising… It did make me wonder how often these sorts of things happen at the zoo or aquariums around the world. It is rather funny and disturbing that no one thought about why a little boy was wet after visiting the aquarium…
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With certain kids, one is never surprised by of his/her condition, because the nature of the kid is to always be in and into everything, so I’m not surprised that his being wet caused no concern. Being wet, muddy, disheveled, unkempt, etc. is probably his daily state of being. With all the tattlers out there, I am surprised that no one found out about the penguin in the pack.
comment by Pa — December 16, 2006 @ 3:38 pm
Apparently, he kept wandering away from the group and they did not even notice he was missing until they were getting ready to leave and found out he was the only one not on the bus. No one could find him and then he just showed up completely drenched in water. I think I would have asked some questions since they were at the aquarium and he was soaking wet when it had not been raining… The aquarium is supposed to be very child-friendly but it is really scary to think that any child could just hop into a tank drown. Some of the exhibits are very dangerous. At least the kid was not hurt…
comment by katy — December 17, 2006 @ 12:25 pm