Far, far away in a zoo called The Honolulu Zoo, there lived a horse named Harold. Harold was a horse who was in a constant popularity contest. His fellow friends, Hogan and Hally, were content just with their friends, but Harold always wanted to be the most popular. He yearned to trot the zoo with all the “perks” of being a zebra. The zebra were the most popular group of animals all around, or so it seemed. Harold thought they had everything; the black stripes, the endless abundance of grass, and all the ladies of course. This zoo, like every other zoo, had some what of a class system. It went the zebras, the horses, the fish, and the elephants. Harold always watched the zebras do cruel things like splash the waters of the fish, and mock the elephant’s gigantic size. They even mocked his best friends. But, despite how inconsiderate the zebras became, Harold still wanted to be a zebra. To do this, he decided that he must strut around the zoo, and act like a zebra. He decided that maybe, just maybe, if he duplicated the zebra’s behavior, they might notice and let him hangout with them. He would start with the elephants. Harold decided he would start with the elephants, the least popular, and work his way up. He walked up to the elephants with great ease, since they appeared to be an easy target. As he approached, the zebras came over before him. This was the perfect opportunity to observe how the zebras treated the elephants. Zack, the most popular zebra of them all, went up to Elly the elephant. He looked at her and said, “What happened when the elephant sat up against the tree?” Elly loved jokes, so she looked at him and said, “What happened Zack?” Zack looked at her with a sinister look on his face and said, “The tree snapped ... ... middle of paper ... ...at you live. I do not want to roam the zoo feared and friendless. I want to be a horse again, so my stripes went away. I hope we can be friends from a far, but now I must apologize for the pain I have caused the animals closest to me. Whether you decide to continue this life of selfishness and rudeness, I do not care. All I know is that I do not and will not.” Harold then got up and trotted away. Never did he have a better feeling in his life. That day he had an extensive amount of explaining and apologizing to do. He went up to the elephants, then the fish and then to his friends. And to his surprise they all forgave him. They told him that they appreciated his apology and was way too nice to ever be a zebra. He agreed. The most meaningful thing he realized was that as long as he was among animals that made him happy, he was the most popular animal in the world.