The geese honked and scattered in all directions.
Finally free from the siege, the alligator, Teddy, caught his breath and began to cry with hiccuping sobs.
'So this is how dangerous the world outside the zoo is,' he thought. 'If I had known, I never would have escaped with my brothers. Getting pestered by Phoenix was just an annoyance, but this? There's no way I can survive out here!'
"I regret it! I wanna go back to the zoo so bad!" Teddy wailed to the sky.
Hearing the alligator's cries, Renee Jennings's lips curved into a slight smile. "Don't cry," she said softly. "I'm here to take you home."
Teddy instantly stopped crying at her words and slowly turned his head toward the source of the voice.
He stared at the human before him, his voice filled with disbelief. "Are you really here to take me home?"
"Really." Renee Jennings nodded. "The director of your zoo came to get you herself."
