#6 Darwin Investigates The Zoo's Newest Addition

"Queer" said Darwin with wide open eyes.

"Pop!"

"Oh. Here, let me help you," said the zoo keeper Bobana while picking up Darwin's eyes.

In a rather serious tone, Darwin says, "This is scandalous, I've never seen such a creature before, clown suit and all. Smells like cheese, and one fifth the height of the average man. Intriguing. I wonder if this is far more primitive or advanced?"

Bobana decided to give Darwin his professional opinion, "I don't know."

"Precisely," Darwin, "I've always thought that way too. I'll just follow my formula for the deduction for the evolutionary point of a creature."

Pulling out a roll of toilet roll, Darwin proudly said, "Only I have figured out that the toilet roll is a modern version of a compact scroll! Aren't I brilliant? But don't spread the news yet!"

Bobana was not impressed. The creature had a flatten face with huge nostrils. It couldn't be too stupid as it had requested for a phone call before. The farmer who sent it in said it fell from the sky. Yet it had no wings. Curious little creature it was.

"Now, let's see," said Darwin, trying to focus his reading glasses, "Step one, describe the creature. Does it have a spine? Bobana ask him this..."

Bobana listened to Darwin's whisper intently. He then turned to the creature and said in a low intimidating voice, "You feeling lucky punk?"

The creature expressed shock and recoiled.

"Invertebrate!" concluded Darwin, "Now, that would put it between 40,000 to 50,000 years old. Only one way to find out which part of the link it is."

Darwin took out a set of twelve die and passed handed it over to the creature and said politely, "Roll them please."

The creature rolled the die and Darwin with great enthusiasm took note of all the values and substituted the sum of into a complex algebra formula and took first 3 digits.

"Hmmm, 3, 8, 2," said Darwin in a deep ponderous manner. Darwin flipped his drawing book to page 382. On that page was a hand drawn picture of a man.

"Dear me! He is our ancestor!" Darwin screamed in excitement.

Bobana wasn't amused.

At that very moment Pit shows up.

"Hey, I've come to get Bob," said Pit.

"Sorry, I haven't seen him," said Bobana. Darwin was too caught up in his discovery to notice Pit's presence.

"There he is, in that cage," said Pit pointing to the strange creature, "He flu to the moon last night and fell down. I forgot to plan his descend. Looks like he landed on his face."

"Oh," said a stunned Darwin, "This is sad, really sad, if only..."

The creature said with a slur, "Sorry thoo thisabboint you, but I really need to grow see a thocktor."

Darwin was disappointed, he knew one day he'd be found out. Just not so soon. Bob was glad Pit came in the nick of time, he was almost named "Dar-win-ner". But he's been called "Dar-lo-ser" before. But please don't tell anyone.