Sad Little PandaMay 13
Now that I’m free, I thought I should take a minute to introduce myself and tell you about my journey.
My name is Tai Sham, and I am a very unique panda. As you can see from my about page, I used to be called Tai Shan and I lived at the Zoo in Washington DC, where a webcam tracked my every move. It seems as though there were a lot of people watching me, especially this group that calls themselves TARflies. One of these TARflies was Rachel, and she fell in love with cute lil’ me. I heard about her and was waiting and waiting for her to come visit, but she never came.
I waited and waited for many months, and she never came. Hundreds of people visited me every day, and told me that I was very cute, but it just wasn’t the same as seeing Rachel.
As the days wore on, I became more and more distraught, wondering if she would ever come to me. One day I was so sad that I curled up on my favourite* tree and cried, and started to wonder if I would ever meet her.
As I sat there, a plan started to develop in my mind. If Rachel wouldn’t come to me, I would go to her! I knew that Rachel loved to watch 24 so I started to wonder - what would Jack Bauer do? He would find a way to escape, and so would I! And so I practiced climbing and jumping and running, building up my strength and endurance for the journey that lay ahead.
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* I know that Rachel is Canadian, and I’m hoping that if I use Canadian spellings, it will help me win her heart