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Literary





                                                                         Journal




                                                                         Ivan:




                                                                         My Life


                                                                         In a



                                                                         Domain


















               Hi I am Ivan. I am a silverback gorilla. I live in Exit 8   night Stella tells me she will soon die and
        Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. I work in a Circus. Mack is     she asks me to make a promise that I will
        the boss. I am the main attraction of the Circus. People come   take care of Ruby and give her the life she
        to see me every day. They call me Freeway Gorilla, The One     deserves. The next thing I know Stella is
        and Only Ivan and Mighty Silverback.                           gone. I tell Ruby a story to comfort her. I
               Besides my domain there is Stella’s domain. Stella is an   draw a picture of a Zoo and show it to Julia
        elephant. At night Stella and I talk. I like Stella. She is a very   hoping she can understand what I mean.
        good friend. Bob, a stray dog, also lives with me but he does   It takes her a while but finally she figures
        not work at the circus. Many people have tried to catch him    out what I mean. She puts the picture on
        but he is too fast.                                            the billboard. Then a reporter from the
               I used to be very famous at the circus but not anymore.   news channel comes and takes pictures of
        Visitors have slowed down. Mack doesn’t like this one bit.     everything; my domain, Ruby, Mack and
        George, the cleaner, has a daughter named Julia. She accom-    the Claw Stick. Then protesters start com-
        panies George to work. Julia is an artist but George prefers her   ing and we finally leave the circus and start
        doing her homework first. She can sit wherever she wants but   staying in a zoo. I don’t see Ruby though.
        she always sits next to me. One day she gave me 2 crayons and   One day I see Julia, her dad and Bob. It
        I started drawing. When Mack found out he started selling my   turns out Bob has started living with Julia.
        work at the gift shop. It was doing well.                      Julia takes a picture out. It is Ruby with
               Then after some time people stopped buying my draw-     other elephants. “See Stella!” I say, “Ruby is
        ings. Mack got worried. He said, “You are not cute anymore,    free!”
        Ivan.” “They think you are sad and lonely.” One day Mack
        brings a new animal for the circus. The new animal is Ruby.    - Ava Gurung
        She is a baby elephant. Ruby and Stella share a domain. Stella
        takes good care of Ruby.
               All the visitors start coming again but this time Ruby
        gets all the attention. I don’t know how I feel about that. One
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