Katie Kao

Kini Huang

Have you ever been trapped and tortured by humans? Well, this is how animals feel every day living in Wildoria Zoo. 

It was a sunny day. Two animals living in Wildoria Zoo, Katie and Kini heard they would be sent away to the worst place—much worse than Ravenwood Zoo. So they planned to escape and head to a place that every animal dreams of. But they didn’t know what to do to get out of the cage they were trapped in.

One Sunday morning, Kini heard that they were going to be sent away. Kini was frightened and told Katie about it. That night, Katie thought about what Kini had said, and she decided to escape from the zoo. She told Kini about it the next day, and Kini agreed to join the escape plan.

That night, they started thinking about how to escape the zoo. First, they started planning in the dirt, they used a stick as a pencil. They planned for the whole night and came up with a plan to escape. The plan was that they would find a way to get out of the cage and then escape the zoo without getting caught by security. After that, they would ask wild animals to help them find their way to HeavenTopia Zoo, where all animals dreamed of going. They were exhausted. They weren't sure if their plan would work. 

They finished planning their escape. And now, they had to find a way to get out of this cage. First, they searched for keys. But there were none. Then, they decided to find things like rocks, sticks, wood, etc. They found a stick that was almost the shape of the lock, but unfortunately, it didn’t fit.

They kept looking until a zookeeper came. It was time for dinner, so they had to stop. The next day, they both woke up early. They kept on searching, but they had no progress. Both of them started getting helpless after another 11 hours of searching, still no progress. They were so frustrated. There was no way! "I can’t find it! We are trapped, there’s no way, no way…."

On Tuesday morning, they woke up and it was time for breakfast. The taste of the food made them forget about finding keys. Until the zookeeper sent them back to their cage, Kini remembered that they had to find a way out. 

Unfortunately, Katie was asleep while Kini was trying to tell Katie about the escape, so Katie didn’t hear what Kini was talking about. At 4 pm, she finally woke up from her deep sleep. She dreamed about escaping the zoo, and this reminded her about the plan they made to escape the zoo. So the moment she woke up, Kini didn't have too much time to tell Katie about their escape plan. Until they both finally remembered that they had to find a key to escape, so they started their plan. This time they talked about what could possibly be the key to escape the cage. This must work, Katie thought. Kini thought about their plan. It was a good plan, but it might fail.