A few lines are the creation of Leo Starr, used with permission.
The next day, Alex's alarm clock (depicting himself) was going off. He switched off the alarm. Gloria's digital clock's alarm was switched off, but Melman didn't show that much mercy to his alarm clock as he smashed it to pieces. Marty switched off his Alex alarm clock's alarm, and the alarm clock montage ended.
Alex cheerfully said "good morning, everyone." He got out a toaster and put waffles in it. "Breakfast is almost ready. I hope everyone got a decent night's sleep."
Lea said "I sure did, Alex. I'm excited that we're going to be performing together."
Alex replied "I know, it's great. Who knows what we'll come up with together."
Shortly after breakfast ended, the zoo opened, and Alex got ready for his appearances and for Lea's debut in the United States. "You look a little pale, are you okay?" he asked.
Lea said "oh, yes, I'm fine. I'm ready to perform with you. I just don't want to mess up."
Alex replied "you're going to be fine."
Later, the PA system came alive with "Ladies and Gentlemen, the New York Central Park Zoo is proud to present the king of New York City: Alex the Lion. Joining him this morning, a lovely lioness from the London Zoo; put your hands together for Alex and the former queen of London: Miss Lea the Lioness."
The crowd went wild, as Alex made his appearance, only to increase their noise with Lea's appearance. They began to perform together, first with Alex's signature pose with the pyrotechnics, and then with the wave. After that, there was an incredible performance from both of them. Alex was juggling the water balloons flawlessly, while Lea did the same. During this, they occasionally switched water balloons without interrupting their juggling.
After a few more appearances throughout the day, Alex asked "so, was that like you had it in London?"
Lea replied "That was much better than in London. Not only do the crowds enjoy our performance, but I'm even partnered with the master performer."
Alex, not noticing Lea's blushing, said "that's good to hear. I'll go and check the mail." With that, he was off to the mail inbox.
Gloria, meanwhile, asked Marty about his chat with Alex the night before. "Well, I think he's in love with her, but doesn't want to tell her. 'I'm not telling her I'm in love, she'll think I'm too forward' he's saying."
Gloria got a look of a little excitement. "You know, that was exactly the kind of chat I had with Lea last night. She's got a crush on him, but doesn't want to tell him so…for the same exact reason."
"You're kidding" Marty replied. With a serious look on her face, they both were very excited.
Just then, Alex came back in with the mail. He started flipping through it saying "let's see. Bills, bills, junk mail, junk mail, bills, fan letter, fan letter-." He looked oddly at the last envelope. "Wasn't expecting this" he says.
"An apology from the penguins for their rowdy behavior" Melman asked.
Alex replied "not even close." As he handed Melman the envelope in question, he said "take a look at this."
Melman looked and said "NASA? What do they want?"
Lea said "why would NASA want to contact you? What does the letter say?"
Marty egged Alex on with "come on, Alex. Read it for us."
With everyone shouting in agreement, Alex said "okay" and opened the letter. He read "Dear Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria. We are pleased to inform you that you are among the first animals selected to spend a week in a newly constructed zoo. If you'd like to take advantage of this opportunity, please contact us at my e-mail address here, or at 1-800-USA-NASA. If you like, you can each bring along up to two friends. We will provide the round trip transportation. Sincerely, NASA Administration."
Gloria said "a zoo built by NASA? What could it be?"
Marty asked "A game preserve at Cape Canaveral?"
Melman asked "Space Camp in Alabama?"
Alex said "let me see." With that, he checked the letter again. Upon entry into his imagination, a satellite was seen drifting past in Earth orbit. Nearby was a much larger artificial satellite. "Hmmm, interesting" he was heard saying.
After exiting Alex's imagination, Melman asked "what? What's interesting?"
Alex replied "the letter says 'we will provide round trip transportation.' My guess is that their transportation...is the only way to get there."
"What do you mean by that?" Melman asked.
Alex said "look up."
As everyone did so, Melman said "okay?"
Alex stated "given strong enough binoculars, you'd be looking right at it."
"WHAT?" Lea said.
Gloria, whom had been drinking some fruit punch right then, gagged on the punch and had a look of amazement on her face. "You're serious, aren't you?" she said. "An orbiting zoo?"
"Please invite me, Alex" Lea said, pulling him into her arms.
Alex, surprised by that move, still managed to say "I'll invite you with me, Lea."
After releasing Alex, Lea simply thanked him and blushed a little.
