There once was a purple and pink zebra who didn't like his flashy colors. Instead of living on the savannah he lived on a big blue houseboat. He enjoyed sitting in the hot tub at the top of the houseboat. He was in the hot tub one afternoon when he received an unexpected visitor. His friends Fran the hippo, Terry the elephant and Mary the giraffe came to relax with him in the hot tub. Mary the Giraffe was his girl friend, he loved her. Mary and Frank often went for moonlight strolls on the warf near where his boat was docked and they would have picnics near the grassy hill on the far end of the warf. One day when they were taking a walk they ran into Merdock the orange elephant.
Mary started to flirt outrageously with Merdock. Frank became very angry as he knew Merdock was in love with Mary too. Frank was so angry he went over to Merdock and started a fight.
Frank said, " What do you bloody think you are doing??"
Merdock replied not with words but a mighty push.
Mary started to cry and shout "please boys do not fight!".
Merdock said, " You stay out of this, this is between Frank and I."
"but Frank" replied Mary "I hate bloodshed"
Merdock looked at Mary and said "We'll stop, only if we all can be just friends."
Frank didn't like how easily Merdock gave in and he knew Merdock was up to something.
Merdock says "Frank, what are you looking at me like that for??"
Frank replied" I don't trust you. I know you are up to something now come clean"
Merdock says " Alright, I am just trying to be sneaky and steal your girl!"
With that, Frank stepped back and said, "go ahead and steal her. What would she want with a purple zebra like myself?" and he hung his head in shame.
Mary didn't know what to do. She felt so sorry for Frank, but she also loved Merdock...
Mary says "Oh Frank, please don't be so hard on yourself, I love you even if you were a rainbow colored zebra, I'd still love you."
Frank and Mary walked back toward the hot tub. Then they jumped in. They had a great time there. Frank was such a nice boy, not like Merdock...
Merdock saw them in the hot tub and thought to himself "Why did she pick Frank and not me?"
Mary, being a giraffe with great hearing, had heard Murdock and she replied, "because he loves me so much that he was willing to give me up!" Merdock says "But I am not willing to give you up, I guess that means that I don't love you that much."
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