The Zoo
by Terri Pine

"Mummy, are those ones there dangerous?"

"No, dear. Well, not here they aren't."

"Why are they here?"

"For their own protection, darling."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, they're a dying breed."

"Why are they?"

"Some species just get overtaken by others, and then they die out because they can't fend for themselves."

"And then they get put in zoos?"

"Sometimes, if they're caught in time."

"Mummy?"

"Yes, darling?"

"What are they called again?"

"Men."