Field trip to the zoo

Janet and I are raising twin grand-daughters. Annie and Hallie are in 1st grade. They get the giggles when I tell them how I didn't know the alphabet (or as we called it, the ABC song) and how I was held back in 2nd grade. (kept getting stuck on L-M-N)( my dad smoked L & M cigarettes so.....) This gives them hope (I hope) that if I could manage to make it to 3rd grade, then they have a chance.
They begged me (us) to volunteer as chaperones for a field trip to the zoo, and because we work from home and set our own schedules to a degree and had forgotten what it was like to manage a group of 6 yr olds (like herding chickens) we found ourselves herding chickens(like managing 6 yr olds)
I'll be right up front and say that I do not like to go to the zoo. I used to go but all I ever saw were lumps of fur sticking out of bushes(look over there, I saw a lizard on a rock twitch) However, today the animals were moving around, running, growling , eating, jumping and there was even a lizard twitching. (I lied before about seeing a lizard twitch)
We came upon a pond of fish and ducks and all of sudden a snake about 5ft long came swimming across and slithered up to the ground. I thought that was pretty cool. Then I thought, "Wait a minute. Shouldn't it be in a cage?" So it was a snake that had wondered into the zoo(as if it could have consciously decided to visit)and now the kids were running up to pet it and I didn't have a knife to cut the bite and suck out the venom. (or even the desire) So they were stopped and directed to the petting zoo. we saw goats, sheep, cows, horses, but not one pig.
We got the kids on the bus safely. (I glad I didn't have to explain to Jesse's mother how her daughter was inside the Rino pen) and when I got home, it was a 2 hour nap for me.
When I awoke I was still too tired to cook, so it was off to KFC with my "free grilled chicken" coupons. They were not accepting them , but that's another story.