It had been two hours since the Christmas celebrations and everyone was fast asleep. Except for Josh. He was writing down his report in in his notebook, when Denzel walked up. "Evening Josh," he said.
"Oh, hi Denzel," said Josh as he turned around. "Just writing down the last of our research report for Mr. Burton."
"You sure that's a good idea?"
Josh was confused. "What do you mean?"
"I mean think, what will happen if more people came here and colonized?"
"Are you saying that they might hurt the animals?"
Denzel gave him a concerned look, "Yes."
Josh got up onto his feet and looked Denzel straight in the eye. "I kind of have that feeling too, Denzel. But Mr. Burton seems like an honest man, he would never allow that to happen…. Would he?"
Denzel put his hands in his pockets. "I hope you're right, Josh. I really do." then Denzel began to back into the den..
Josh turned to see Denzel leave. "Hey, Denzel?"
Denzel turned to face Josh again. "Yeah?"
Josh smiled. "Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas." Then Denzel walked back into the den.
Josh then packed up the notebook and walked out into the Pridelands.
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Josh had walked a long time until he spotted a herd of zebra grazing at a patch of grass. Josh smiled and walked over to them. he tapped the shoulder of one of the zebras. "Uh, pardon me," he asked.
The zebra stopped eating and looked up at Josh. "I'm a little busy here at the moment!" he said with a mean look.
Josh was surprised. "Oh I'm sorry, you see I just came from Pride Rock and..."
The zebra's eyes opened in shock. "Hey, you're one of those humans who's friends with the king, right?"
"Why yes, I am."
The zebra smiled. "Well, what do you want? I'd do anything for a friend of the king."
Josh smiled and took out his notebook. "I would like to know if I could get on your back and ride you to a place to the west called Nairobi so I could deliver this message."
"I'd be glad to." then the zebra turned his back to Josh. "Hope on. Oh by the way, I'm Uzoma. What's your name?"
"Josh," was Josh's quick reply before he got up on Uzoma's back. "Hya!" Then he and Uzoma rode off.
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Minutes later, they reached the post office at Nairobi. Josh got off and pulled out his notebook. He walked up to the door and knocked. A tall African man dressed in a pith helmet came out to greet him. "Nairobi Post Office, how may I help you?" he asked in a British accent.
"I would like you to deliver this message to Mr. Charles Burton in London, England please," asked Josh.
"Of course, sir. We'll deliver it in the morning." then the man took the notebook and closed the door.
Josh walked away, mounted Uzoma and rode back to Pride Rock.
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Two weeks later in London, the city was covered in snow. Inside his office, Burton was smoking his pipe and admiring his trophies when his butler Leonardo entered the room. "This came in the mail for you sir," he said.
Burton took the notebook from his butler. "Hmm," he thought. "Back already? It's only been about a few months. Maybe they're having a good time there. Better take a look" He then began to read. he flipped through every page and was amazed at what he read. he turned to Leonardo. "Get me a meeting with the board. It's about time I take a little trip," he said as he gave Leonardo a smile.