{"id":7352,"date":"2014-04-21T11:58:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T18:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=7352"},"modified":"2014-04-21T11:58:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T18:58:20","slug":"throw-me-a-warthog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/throw-me-a-warthog\/","title":{"rendered":"Throw me a warthog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I heard our zoo got two new lions, I couldn’t wait to go and see. Denis and I went last week and there they were… asleep. I wanted to take a picture but they wouldn’t move. I tried to explain to the lions that I drove a long way to come and see them and the least they could do is wake up. A bunch of other people were standing by with cameras just like me, but the lazy lions wouldn’t give us the time of day.<\/p>\n

Still, I refused to leave. Good things take time and finally, the male started making low growling noises and I expected him to start moving around. All he did was yawn and go back to sleep. I think it was a yawn. Maybe he was hoping someone would throw a snack in there… like a club sandwich, or a couple of warthogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I heard our zoo got two new lions, I couldn’t wait to go and see. Denis and I went last week and there they were… asleep. I wanted to take a picture but they wouldn’t move. I tried to explain to the lions that I drove a long way to come and see them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t