I am in trouble, big trouble. They have chained me, all because I ate the peanuts. I have never before been chained in this place. Bill the Giant would never, ever chain me.
It is morning; I am still confined by the chain. Violet brings my water; she does not speak. Trullia brings my food; I will not eat. I will teach them how to treat an elephant.
I wish I could paint. I wish I could do my tricks. I wish it was summer, and the circus was my life. I wish that my best friend Bill would come back and take off the chain.
I wish that the girl Lily would just go away. She is to blame for leaving the peanuts where I could see. The girl was teasing me. I wish she would just go home, where she belongs, and I wish that everything wrong would turn right.
I wish that Saturday had never turned to night. I wish the Giant had not decided to mow the grass. I wish that his heart had been stronger.
I wonder how long I will remain on this chain.
This day feels like a year. It feels like forever.
I will never be okay again.