It's a big sale at the zoo, and the narrator is bummed out. He's bummed out because he doesn't want to get wet in the rain, so he's going to buy some cute animal-shaped clothes to change into. The narrator is all, "Gee, I'm bummed out that my dad's not protecting me from the rain" . But then the narrator points out that there's only one place in the zoo where you can buy animal-themed clothes, and that's where you'll find all kinds of cute animal patterns. So, the narrator buys some animal-patterned clothes, which are super cute. He compares himself to a "hedgehog," which is like a kind of self-protective, self-aware, and self-restraining lizard. He says that he has been trying to figure out how to be nicer to other people, and now he wants to be nice to people too. He asks if his dad has contacted him after what happened the last time, and he says he hasn't, but that it's nice to remain the way you are. He wonders if zhengshu and the other kids are having fun, and wonders if they're getting too big and too small for their own good.