Toby the Otter

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Toby the Otter

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By: Abigail and Xuezhi

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HI EVERYONE! I AM TOBY THE OTTER. I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A REAL LIFE STORY OF MINE...

SUDDENLY, I HEARD THUMPING FOOTSTEPS THAT GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER WITH EACH PASSING SECOND. WHEN I LOOKED UP, I SAW A WOMAN IN A BROWN POLO T-SHIRT APPROACHING ME. SHE PICKED ME UP AND PUT ME IN A CAGE.

EH? WHERE AM I?
WHERE IS MUMMY AND DADDY?

ONE DAY, MY PARENTS, SIBLINGS AND I WERE OUT FOR LUNCH. WE WERE SWIMMING IN THE RIVER WHEN A LARGE WAVE PUSHED ME TO THE SHORE AND I GOT KNOCKED OUT! WHEN I CAME TO, I REALISED THAT MY FAMILY MEMBERS WERE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN! I STARTED TO PANIC.

SUDDENLY, I HEARD THUMPING FOOTSTEPS THAT GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER WITH EACH PASSING SECOND. WHEN I LOOKED UP, I SAW A WOMAN IN A BROWN POLO T-SHIRT APPROACHING ME. SHE PICKED ME UP AND PUT ME IN A CAGE.

What's HAPPENING? WHY IS THIS WOMAN PUTTING ME IN A CAGE? aM I BEING CAPTURED?!

THE WOMAN THEN PUT ME INTO A "VAN" (THIS IS WHAT THE WOMAN CALLED IT). SHE INJECTED A LIQUID INTO MY ARM AND SOON, I FELL ASLEEP.

HMMM...
DELICIOUS
TRICHOGASTER...

WHEN I WOKE UP, I FOUND MYSELF IN THE SINGAPORE ZOO. I REALISED THAT THE WOMAN MEANT NO HARM TO ME AS SHE FED ME MILK AND GAVE ME SHOWERS ON A DAILY BASIS.

mMM...
Delicious!

AFTER A FEW DAYS OF TAKING CARE OF ME, THE ZOOKEEPERS DECIDED TO START LOOKING FOR MY FAMILY. I WAS ELATED! THE ZOOKEEPERS WERE SKILLED, SO I KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO FIND MY FAMILY SOONER OR LATER. MY FAMILY AND I WERE GOING TO BE REUNITED!

UNTIL FINALLY, I WAS REUNITED WITH MY FAMILY AFTER 10 DAYS OF SEARCHING. WE WERE KNOWN AS THE 'MARINA 9 PACK' AGAIN!

YAY!!!

Fun Facts!

Species (Of Toby): Smooth-coated otter pup

Diet: Smooth-coated otters feed mainly on fish, which includes Trichogaster, climbing gourami and catfish. During the rice planting season, they also hunt rats. Snakes, amphibians and insects form a small portion of their diet.