The Special Olympics (5) The last part
“Where are you going,” yelled Lily, “get back here at once.”
Henrietta crawled back. Lily tapped on the glass front of Billy´s family´s cage.
“Hello there, it´s only us,” shouted Lily, “I´ve come to say thanks for helping me win the race and Henrietta is here too, she´s been worried sick about you, why didn´t you tell her where you were going?”
“Hey, but she told me to return here,,” yelled Billy back. Then he saw Henrietta.
“Thank you Henrietta, I really fit in here, I´m afraid I can´t come and visit you but you can always visit me here.”
“That´s true,” said Henrietta. “I´m just happy that you´re happy.” She wiped away a little hedgehog tear.
Then Billy´s enormous parents slid over. “Thank you Henrietta, for all you´ve done for our Billy,” they said.
Henrietta was a little sad leaving the zoo that day but as time went on she got used to the arrangement and she finally had to admit it was the best for all concerned. Sometimes Billy and herself even did some training together, at either side of the cage. In fact the latest I´ve heard is that Henrietta is in tip top form and is entering the next special olympics and thanks to Billy she is a stronger swimmer than ever. I wonder are Ozzy Otter and Berty Badger going to compete. Something tells me that if they do they will be slow to cheat again.
The End