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1 " Plants,” Kevin replied, like maybe I was the dumb one. “That’s what giraffes eat. They’re harpsichords, you know.” “You mean herbivores?” I asked. “Right! "
― Stuart Gibbs , Lion Down (FunJungle, #5)
2 " Summer brandished the herring with fake menace. “Don’t make me use this, Teddy. I once killed a man with a halibut. "
3 " it sounded like someone was killing a goose. "
4 " With a sudden gasp of air—and a startled squawk—it was sucked inside. Since the little guy was equally as streamlined as the fish, he rocketed through the tube and fired out the other end, becoming the first penguin in history to fly. "
5 " Marge wasn’t unattractive, "
6 " guy. "
7 " how hot it was outdoors right them, "
8 " Kids, this is my husband, Mason.” “Mason Mason?” Summer asked. “Really? "
9 " Teddy doesn’t care,” Summer said. “We talk about poop all the time. "
10 " Putterman had a bizarre hatred for animals. He often remarked that “the only good animal is the one on your plate. "
11 " Pete Thwacker and the lawyers bought off the family and the biker couple with offers of ten years’ free admission to FunJungle, three complimentary nights at the FunJungle Safari Lodge (redeemable at any time), and vouchers for $500 worth of free food and FunJungle merchandise "
12 " It felt somewhat like being in a zombie movie, only instead of our car being attacked by mindless brain-eating humans, we were being attacked by mindless, hostile barnyard animals. "
13 " The zebras have been very jealous of all the attention the giraffes are getting and decided to kill them all. But since they don’t have opposable thumbs, they had to hire a chimpanzee as the hit man. "
14 " A wallaby is probably the most gentle animal that exists, but Putterman didn’t know that. I certainly wasn’t going to take the time to tell him. In fact, I did the opposite. “Careful, Putterman!” I yelled. “Wallabies are vicious and bloodthirsty!” “And they can smell fear!” Xavier added. Putterman wailed in terror as the adorable little creatures bounded to his side and sniffed him. "
15 " penguins. Yes, they were cute, but all those birds generated a lot of poop, and penguin poop reeks. "
16 " He had been busted several times for underage drinking, public urination, and sneaking into the backyards of famous people to use their swimming pools. Often, he was busted for all three at once. Walter "
17 " No matter how ridiculous a statement Lincoln made, Walter would happily reiterate it—even statements that Lincoln had quickly admitted were mistaken, like his suggestion that the best way to get rid of old nuclear weapons would be to detonate them. "
18 " Walter had gone on to add that it was “a stupid, moronic, and idiotic law.” (Ironically, he had managed to misspell all three insults—“sutpid, morronic, and iddiotic”—attesting to who the real stupid, moronic idiot was.) "
19 " framed the lion would have had to do something like "
20 " The third fish was the largest one yet, a bluefin tuna that appeared to have been tossed in with the other fish by mistake. "