Lincoln was just hanging at the Outside Africa park again with the Rogue Lion. Just enjoying a snow cone with a rainbow colored flavor on it, he was watching Luke interacting with the giant elands in their reserve, and helping his father clean up after them.
The snow cone was a tri-color flavor of cherry, lemon, and green apple. Making up the red, yellow, and green color scheme. It tasted rather good with those three flavors colliding into one.
After he was finished, Lincoln put the paper one in the trash, and looked at his tongue in the mirror, which looked like red, yellow, and green on it from tasting the snow cone. He honestly thought it looked like a nice color on his tongue.
"Heh, you're tongue's all colorful." Luke noticed while chuckling. "Like a rainbow on there."
"You can say That." Lincoln agreed. "That snow cone was so good."
"I knew you would love it." Said The Rogue Lion. "That kind of snow cone is one of our bestsellers. it's supposed to look like one of the Pan-African colors like from Ethiopia, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, And other countries in Africa that have that kind of flag."
"cool. That is a good combination of flavors, especially green apple. I love green apple." And he looked at his tongue in the mirror again.
"Another bestseller we have here is another tri-color snow cone with cherry, apple, and blue raspberry. It looks like the Flag of Chad, or Romania once you compare both flags of those countries. That snow cone is just as good."
"But you can mix and match what flavors you want, right?"
"Yep. You can mix any three flavors you see fit for these snow cones. But of course, those two I mentioned are the bestsellers from the stall. Ole Pete knows how to make good snow cones, and my dad pays him a lot of good money for him for his efforts.
"Can't argue with that. That snow come was so good."
"So, you want to interact with the giant elands for a little bit? Don't worry, they are very gentle giants."
"Sure."
Lincoln followed his brother into the large. One Len where the elands lived in, and waited for the herd to see him. Finally, the biggest bull noticed him, and walks up to him, who was absolutely giant compared to Lincoln.
"Here's Daryl. He's the nicest animal,you would ever want to meet in your whole life." The bull elands lowered his head to Lincoln, and began licking his face, and nuzzling it with his own face.
"Oh, it's good to meet you too, Daryl." Lincoln said, gently petting and stroking his nose. "He's really big. Just look at him."
"Yeah, elands are huge animals."
some of the other elands noticed this and went to greet Lincoln for themselves. They even had the pleasure of licking him from all sides, making Lincoln laugh from the ticklish feeling.
"Hey, they all like you already." Luke remarked with a smirk on his face. "You can ride on Daryl if you want."
"Really?"
"No. but you can still interact with the Eland here. If you want to feed them carrots, don't be shy to look for some and give it to them."
"Okay."
while interacting with these gigantic animals some more, Lincoln wa ps thinking if he should, be as cool as his god brother here. He's got everything a guy can ever ask for; good looks, talent, and other things.
Lincoln thought that maybe he should try and be like him: calm, cool, full of swag, always getting the girl.
"Oh, Emily." Lincoln Said to a cow. "You know how to show some love, don't you?" And he kissed the cow on the right side of her face. The herd had a total of seven calves with them,mane they were getting along with young Lincoln rather nicely, just as good as the adults were. Luke smiled at seeing how well these antelope were hitting it off with him.
Meanwhile, Lincoln was thinking about the Rogue Lion's jacket, and wondered if he should get one just like that. "Hmm, maybe I should get a leather jacket. Maybe it will make me stand out to the popular crowd at school, and make Chandler give me a little more respect to me."
Daryl began nuzzling Lincoln's head with his own again, and Lincoln began letting him once more. It was just then, the bull picked up Lincoln from below with his mighty neck, and Lincoln found himself riding him. "Wow, you're strong."
"Whoa, what happened here?" Asked
"It's alright, Luke." Lincoln reassured. "Daryl just wanted me to have a ride on his back."
"And you're okay with this?"
"Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Just checking on you."
And the leader of the herd decided to walk around with Lincoln on him taking him for a special, yet unusual joyride. Lincoln was enjoying this and held on to his long, black, spiral horns for good measure sometimes in case he falls off.
"Luke?"
"Hmm?"
"We're a team, right? Even though we just met recently, we're still a team?"
"Of course. Lincoln you're the little brother I always wanted in my life, and you said you always wanted a brother in your life, and here I am."
"Good. So, u was thinking of some way to be more... cool like you. Something like a leather jacket for me to wear."
"Hmm, I like that idea." The Rogue lion admired. "Lucky for me I know a good place where you can buy a good leather jacket you want."
"Where's that?"
"You ever been to that store called Black Tie before?"
"Ugh. I heard it from Lori like a million times. She and Bobby would always go there to try some fancy clothes for a school dance or a prom night." Lincoln replied. "Not to mention it's at the mall."
"Right. I remember you saying you wanted a break from the ma, right?"
"Heh, that's right. Do you think my sisters will listen to me when I suggested to try new places?"
"Well, I think so. Yet again, women can be crazy when it comes to the mall with their nail polish, and shopping, blah blah blah. But, I think they'll listen to you. I mean, even if they don't, your parents can at least talk them around."
"True. So aren't the leather jackets over at Black Tie expensive to buy?"
"Oh no. They come at a very affordable and cheap price. Ranging from ten to fifteen bucks as the minimum. And you'll like what kind of jackets they have over there. That place is an international store after all."
"Also true." So far, Lincoln was enjoying the ride with the world's largest antelope, and it felt a little different than riding a horse, probably because Daryl wasn't wearing a saddle on his back to provide some comfort and support to Lincoln's butt. Still, it was a very enjoyable experience for him, and it went on for about thirty minutes.
"When do you think you want to get a new leather jacket?"
"Well, I was thinking later on after we're done here."
"No problem." Some of the visiting patrons were impressed by how Lincoln was getting a ride by this gigantic antelope, and even had the liberty of getting it on video with their phones. After that, Lincoln decided to get down from the eland bull, but with the help of Luke, for bull elands were huge, and he had difficulty getting down by himself. "Did you have fun, Lincoln?"
Lincoln smiled "Yeah. I did. I hope I do this again with Daryl some time."
"I believe you will. Here, feed them some carrots." then he gave his surrogate brother some large carrots, and Lincoln slowly fed one of the calves, and the little guy just snatched it with his tongue like giraffes would get a snack.
"Ha! He loves it." then Lincoln went on to feed more elands with the large, long carrots, and they were all happy to be fed a treat like this. After that fun, Lincoln and Luke went out of the eland pen, and washed their hands in the bathroom.
When they came back, Mike was outside with that smile on his face. "I saw you having a ride with Daryl the eland, Lincoln. Did you have fun?"
"Yeah. Different from riding a horse."
"Oh yeah. Still. Glad you have fun. Those elands are gentle giants."
"You can say that again, Mike." Lincoon agreed. "Thanks for letting me go in there."
"You're quite welcome. You are always a guest of honor here." Said the owner. "Say, if you want, you can interact with the African wild dogs. They are a very friendly bunch."
"Really?"
"Oh yeah. They behave like domesticated dogs, and wouldn't hurt a fly." Luke remarked. "Come on, we'll show you." Then Lincoln followed them both to the wild dog enclosure. As soon as the pack saw Luke, they all helped on happiness, and emitted squeaks Of excitement. "Aww, I missed you guys, too." Luke said to them all.
Their Tails were wagging wildly with excitement, and were prancing about seeing Luke again. "Come on, i'll Open the back door for you." Said Mike. He escorted them both to the back of the enclosure, and slowly opened the entrance to get inside of it. "Oh settle down, you guys." He addressed the entire pack, who were crowding around the owner of this place.
Lincoln was a little nervous to set foot inside, but he was feeling quite alright when some of the puppies were sniffing Lincoln's shoes, and tried to climb on his legs.
"Aww. Aren't you just the cutest pups ever." He said.
A couple of wild dogs were licking his orange shirt and then his arms. Lincoln couldn't help but pet one of the dogs' heads, and he liked it. It looked like he was being part of their family as well.
"Wow. They love you already." Said Luke, picking up a puppy with his two hands.
"I know. Look at me. Do I have a gift with animals too?"
"You tell me, Linc. That'a what I'm wondering." Said Luke. Then more snuggling continued between the two boys and the wild dogs, and it was a very nice treatment they were having.
First the lions, and now African Wild dogs are warming up to Lincoln like this.
A Little Later
a little later, Lincoln and Luke were doing a little shopping at the Black Tie clothes department, and they were at the jacket department. So now, Lincoln was determined to look for a leather jacket so he can be just as cool as his godbrother here.
Looking at many of them, it was rather hard to choose, and hard to decide what was the perfect leather jacket fit for him to wear as a signature outfit.
"See anything you like, buddy?" Asked the Rogue Lion
"No. Not yet." Lincoln replied. "There's just so many to choose. I mean, look at how big this place is."
"I hear you. But don't worry. You'll find a jacket. Just keep looking for anything that catches your eyes."
"I know."
It went on for about fifteen minutes to look for a leather jacket that would look like a perfect fit for him. But then, he saw one that looked black, and... original. It had a small stud on the shoulders, and it wasn't too baggy, like it didn't have so much pockets, just the two most important ones.
Lincoln grabbed it and decided to try it on while looking at the mirror. When he tried it on, he realized it was the perfect size for him, and turned around. "Ooh. Nice." He said.
"You know what. I think this one speaks to you. Nothing too flashy or anything, just a normal. Regular leather jacket that made him look cool and give him swag.
"I think I found the perfect jacket for me."
"Just what I was thinking Lincoln. Come on, let me pay it for you up the counter."
"Okay." Then Luke paid for it, and it was a pretty good price: only twenty-five dollars, and Lincoln was glad to have gotten a jacket like this.