Tom's Good Idea

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The story was inspired by this picture.....

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That night, Tom borrowed tools and parts from the space station so that he could use them to build his own rocket ship. He had to work fast so that Rob wouldn’t see him building it.

He kept all the animals in locked cages for most of the day. Tom and the other animals didn’t like Rob. He always forgot to feed them and didn’t really care what they wanted.

Rob saw them and started chasing them but Rob slipped! The animals headed towards the rocketship. Just as Tom was about to get in, Rob grabbed him!

He told him that he needed to get the key from the Zookeeper without anyone noticing. The mouse was happy to help because Adam was a kind mouse.

Adam gave Tom the key so he could reach up and unlock the cage. Timmy, Tom and Ramona ran as fast as they could because they heard Rob coming! 

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"Mountain Lion" Recorded By:&nbsp;Wrzesien "Glass Break" Recorded By: Stephan Schutze

"Neighborhood Dogs Barking" Recorded by Ca9 "Adam the Mouse" &amp; "Rob the Zookeeper" Other Voices By: Elysa

&nbsp;As they walked towards the cage, Rob saw that the cage door was open and THE GORILLA WASN’T THERE!!! Rob ran around and saw that none of the animals were there. He started to panic! Rob called his boss to help him find the animals.

Rob was scared that if he ran into Tom the gorilla, that he was gonna attack him. So he went to the control room to check the cameras to see where the animals were. He realized most of the cameras were broken.

They had been kept in the zoo by Rob for 3 years. They were all looking forward to having outdoor space with fresh air. They didn’t belong in a zoo.

Tom decided to build a rocket ship so they could all escape to Earth.&nbsp;

One day when he was sitting down, he saw a mouse. He asked the mouse for help. 

It was the day of the escape. The rocket ship was scheduled to go to Earth. Tom had been working on the rocket ship every night for 2 weeks. He hid the rocketship on top of the zoo so that Rob wouldn’t find it.&nbsp;

As they travelled back home, they thought about the good life they would have with their families.

Rob and the animals all put on spacesuits to go outside. They followed him silently so that the Zookeeper and guards wouldn’t hear them.

Tom the gorilla was sitting down in his cage planning an escape. As he looked out the window he saw stars and the Earth. This zoo was a special zoo because it was in space.

Tom was a rare gorilla. He lived in a special zoo in space with other animals. They wanted to be free, but there was a irresponsible zookeeper named Rob. He only cared about making money. The animals will have to work together to escape.

Will they be able to get out and go home to Earth?

At the same time Rob was taking a visitor to see Tom the gorilla! Ozzy was a visitor from the Moon, who had seen the rare gorilla on the news and wanted to meet him.

Adam the mouse got the key again and unlocked the cages for the animals. This time he put a fake key back so that the Zookeeper wouldn’t know it was missing. Tom broke most of the surveillance cameras so Rob wouldn’t see them sneaking out.

Adam the mouse jumped on Rob and bit him so he would let Tom go. They all ran really fast into the rocket ship and it blasted off!

The hardest part of that plan would be sneaking past Rob the Zookeeper. He wants the animals to stay so he can show them off to visitors and make a lot of money.

Luckily, there was one camera working and he spotted Timmy the giraffe moving slowly towards the space station exit. He ran to go find him.

Meanwhile at the other end of the space station, Tom looked behind him and said, “Timmy hurry up!” 

There was Timmy the giraffe, Susan the tiger and Ramona the dog. They loved having people visit. However, most people went to see Tom the gorilla.

But he saw Rob catch Timmy and take him back to his cage. Tom told Ramona the dog to distract the guards who were watching Timmy. As soon as the guards saw Ramona the dog, they chased after her.

STOP RIGHT THERE you're not allowed to be here!

He was rare because his body was covered in yellow fur. He was big and strong, but most of all, he was smart. 

Even though they liked the visitors, the animals wanted to be free to run and have fresh air.

The animals cheered and celebrated because they were leaving the zoo and going home.

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They decided that Tom should make a plan for all of them to escape.

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