John grows up loving animals. After he successfully raises a baby bird at age ten, he is hooked. His experiences with jays, crows, lizards, family members and one playful ferret, are humorous and, sometimes, touching. At age twenty he is working at the local zoo...his dream job. He falls in love with a couple of elephants name Daisy and Linda and learns how to take their temperatures. Working later at the local animal shelter is quite a different story. He observes behind-the-scenes cruelty and incompetence along with some downright funny situations provided by co-workers, friends, and even the police, all the while being obsessed with Nintendo video games in his spare time.