Chapter 2 of 'The New Zookeeper' is up! I hope you enjoy this chapter!


Chapter 2-A job opportunity at the zoo?

As soon as the Hamiltons and 4 of Phillip's friends saw the gates to the Central Park Zoo, they knew it would be a perfect day to make Alexander happy after he got fired from that job.

Everyone entered the zoo, excited to see the over 20 habitats there. Alexander decided it would be a wonderful idea to check out the Penguin Habitat first, since that was the one that caught his eye. Alexander walked over to the habitat. He saw four cute and cuddly penguins smiling and waving. Alexander giggled while picking up a bucket of fish, tossing 16 fish at the habitat, 4 fish for each penguin. The four penguins became super happy. Alexander smiled. He bent down on his knees to speak to them. He knows he won't be able to understand the penguins, but they'll understand him.

"Hi" he said.

The four penguins squacked small squacks while waving. That was a great start to this conversation.

"I'm Alexander" Alexander said, "Alexander Hamilton".

The short penguin with the flat-head looked at the tallest penguin at the bunch, squacking. The tall penguin squacked back. The two penguins turned to look at Alexander again.

"I got fired from my job today, and it's horrible for me. However, my son helped make my day better by asking me and my wife to go with him and his friends to this zoo" Alexander said.

The shortest penguin looked sad when it heard the part about Alexander getting fired. Alexander continued to speak.

"Okay. That's enough doom and gloom. Let's talk about something happier" Alexander said.

The four penguins nodded.

"Ever since I was a child, I always wanted to see penguins in person. And today, I just did" Alexander said.

"Alexander!" Eliza called.

"Oh! That was my wife! I'll speak to you guys again soon!" Alexander said.

The four penguins smiled and waved. Alexander smiled while waving back. He ran over to where Eliza was at. He saw her looking at a paper.

"The zoo needs another zookeeper. One of the previous zookeepers quit her job, and the zoo needs someone to take over her job" Eliza said.

Alexander thought and thought. He thought about when he got fired. He thought about when Phillip suggested he and Eliza go with him and his friends to this zoo. He thought of the Penguins. Alexander soon had an idea.

"Eliza, I'll be right back!" Alexander said.

He entered the office where the manager was. He closed the door.

"Sir! How may I help you?" the manager asked.

Alexander looked confidently at the manager. The manager looked like he was at least 50 or 60 years old, and he wore a normal job tuxedo. Alexander cleared his throat.

"I want to get a job here" he said confidently.

The manager smiled. For once, an adult came so that they'll take over the job the previous zookeeper had before she quit.

"Alright. Sir, what's your name?" the manager asked.

"Alexander Hamilton" Alexander replied.

"Mr. Hamilton, why do you want a job here?" the manager asked.

"I got fired from my previous job, and when me, my wife, my son, and 3 of my son's friends went to this zoo today on my son's request, I saw the help wanted paper, and I decided it would be a perfect opportunity to get a job again" Alexander replied.

"Alrighty. So, Mr. Hamilton, you must pass a test in order to get the job" the manager said, putting a piece of paper on the desk.

Alexander sat down at the chair. He looked at the paper. The test has only 5 questions. Phew. Alexander is sure to pass this test.

"I'll leave you alone to test" the manager said, leaving the office.

Because Alexander wrote fast, he finished the test in under 5 minutes. As soon as the manager entered, he saw that Alexander already completed the test.

"Wow! You write fast!" the manager said.

"Yes I do" Alexander said.

The manager looked over the test. He smiled. He then went to get an empty nametag, typing something on his computer, printed something out, and put the paper that's the size of the nametag itself on it. He handed the nametag to Alexander.

"Mr. Hamilton, you got the job!" the manager said.

'Yes!' Alexander thought to himself.

"Meet me in my office at 7 am tomorrow to get your job outfit and to give you a shot" the manager said.

Alexander smiled.

"I will" Alexander said.

He left the office, a smile on his face.

He ran over to Eliza, showing her the nametag.

"I got the job" he said.

"Awesome!" Eliza said, hugging Alexander.

"Pa, check out the Lemur Habitat! It has a boombox and everything!" Phillip said.

"Good idea, Pip. It's best for me to check out the WHOLE zoo before we leave because I got a job here" Alexander said, smiling.

For 3 whole hours, Alexander explored the zoo, paying attention to where each habitat is so that he'll remember the locations during his first day of work tomorrow. As soon as the Hamiltons went home, Alexander immediately plopped himself on his and Eliza's bed and went to sleep, hoping his first day of work goes well tomorrow.


Wow! Alexander got the job! We all must be wondering what the two penguins talked about to each other, though. I do not own Hamilton or The Penguins Of Madagascar.