The zoo's most popular
attraction, the gorilla,
had suddenly died and
the zookeeper wanted the mime to
dress up like a gorilla to keep
attendance up until another
gorilla was found.

The mime accepted the offer. The
next morning, he suited up and
entered the gorilla cage before
the crowds arrived.

He had a great time sleeping,
playing, swinging on tires, and
making fun of people, but eventually
the crowds were tiring of
his antics and started paying more
attention to the lion in the next cage.

The mime wanted the
attention by this point, so he climbed
to the top of his cage, crawled across a
partition and dangled from the
top of thelion's cage.

The visitors loved it. At the end of the day,
the zookeeper gave
him a raise for keeping the
crowds so entertained.

This continued for several days, with
the crowds growing larger all the time.
But 1 day, the mime slipped
and fell into the lion's
cage.

The lion prepared to pounce on the
terrified man. The mime ran around
the cage, yelling and screaming for
help, but the lion
was quick and pinned
him to the ground.

He looked up at the lion with fear
showing through his gorilla mask,
when the lion growled
and said, "SHUT
UP YOU IDIOT!
DO YOU WANT
TO GET 'BOTH'

OF US FIRED?"