Panda Fun!August 23rd

Panda Fun!August 23rd
Today, my family and I went to see the pandas in Chengdu. These people have giant pandas and red pandas. The giaant pandas are more payed attention than the red pandas. They both are close to being extinct. Oh, man! I hope they don’t, though.
We went in a cab to this Panda Research Base. That is the name We got there and we walked around. My mom went to the bathroom and the rest of us went to find the pandas that were in an enclosure. (This enclosure is their natural habit.) Well, not quite. It is manmade and it is a nice place for them to live. They like it when it is cool. We went there first so that we could see them in action. We took a bunch of pictures, too. It was so cool! I could hear them crunching their food. They were eating bamboo at the time. Apparently, they can eat some meat too. I learned that when I was there. Sisters got to see them a lot and Mom and Dad could see them some, too. It was soooo fun! I enjoyed it for a while and then I got a little bit bored. I can’t see them and so it wasn’t as exciting later.
There were a good amount of people there. People were taking pitures and watching them. It was okay. I did get kind of smooshed. Uh! That was too bad for me. I was okay, though. People were supposed to be quiet but they weren’t. They weren’t too lound, thankfully. Whoa.
After that, we went on and saw some more pandas. They were cute! We even saw peacocks, fish, and swans. That was later though when we saw the fish and swans.
We walked around and looked at different thing the people had put up for this tourist park. It was pretty cool!
Guess what? We got to see a tiny baby panda! It was in an inkibater. It was soo tiny. You probably would of liked it a lot. We went into a nursery to see the baby panda. It had a sign that said, “When I am not out here, I am with my Mama.“ Isn’t that cute?
Also there in the nursery were movies of two different biths. Mama pandas having babies. My mom described stuff to me. I liked for her to do that. It gave me more to understand.
While we were there, our family or some of us met different people. Mom I think met a French woman. Maybe she just heard that woman talking to her friends in French and she told us. I amnot quite sure.
Well, anyway, we met a German family. I got to visit with there daughter and the mom. The daughter is thirteen and I am twelve. We are real close in age so that worked out well. I got her email ID and I hope I can contact her sometime. My dad got to talk to the Dad of this girl. Both of my parents got to talk to them, too. We all did. Maybe I should say.
Later, I got to do the most exciting thing I have ever done! Are you ready for thiss? I got to hold a paanda and touch itt with my Bare hands! My parents payed shall we call it a donation. I got a bag with some goodies after we payed. I got a badge that says something like, “Panda Nurses badge.“ Anyway, We went in the special room they let people hold the panda in. We put on nurses’ gowns, shoe covers, and gloves. Here’s the thing. I of course wanted to touch a the real panda with my bare hands and feel what it was like. Well, do you know what happened? My mom asked more than once, “Can she touch the panda without her gloves?“ The keepers kept saying “No.“ Finally, maybe it was the fourth time, and Mom asked a guy said, “Let me ask this person.“ It happens that this person was a woman. She said, “Yes, but only her.“ Of course we were going to do that. I forgot my mom said, “she can wash her hands and theen touch the panda.“ That was part of what she said when asking if I could touch this pannda with  my bare hands. The lady brought a basin with chlorox water and I washed my hands in it. After she had done that, she told me to not touch anything. I pretty much didn’t. When it was my turn, Mom helped me touch the panda and made sure I didn’t get my fingers in it’s mouth. (She did have gloves on.) I really did get to touch it!! It has shaggy fur and long. It reminded me of dog fur. A person took my picture. Then, the person asked my mom to to please let her take a picture with just me and  then panda. Okay. She did. Next, my mom reqasked if I could hold the panda. At that moment, I was sitting next to it. The people were a little not sure about that. They did let me, though. Whoo! What fun! Great great fun! I held it and it was a little heavier than E or maybe a little lighter than her. It’s arms got on top og my arms and it felt as if my sister E was sitting in my lap. Isn’t that interesting? I think so. Then, I got my turn finished and went everything off and Mom too. We went outside where my two sisters and Dad were standing and waiting for me. I showed what I got and explored my bagg. We also showed the pictures that were taken.
Lastly, we saw the lake where the swans and fish were. My sisters got to feed them and  I guess got their feet in the water. Mom, Dad, and I sat down and watch. Some people even fed the swans. They got bitten. It wasn’t too bad I think. When my dad went to get the food for the fish, he brought back some ice cream. It was tasty! It was chocolate on top! I love chocolate a lot! Yum, yum, yum! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
I will end by saying we went to see a museum and saw a little bit of a shop and then finally got a taxi. I did enjoy as you can tell! It was soooooo much fun! I hope you enjoyed reading.  this program. We got there a tiny bit before eight o’clock. They open at eight o’clock in the morning.