The Dirty Shebra

We were at the zoo a few weeks ago and I had Brennan and Tanner with me as we waited for everyone else to catch up. So we sat down on a bench opposite of an okapi. The okapi was facing away from us and the boys hadn't noticed it yet.



Tanner looked up and said, "Look, Daddy, a shebra! [zebra]" Just then the animal turned to reveal that it was mostly brown and only its hindquarters were striped. Tanner cocked an eyebrow and grinned, "Daddy…" (He said this in a tone as if he'd caught me redhanded) "da Shebra's dirty! He got mud on him."

"No, son, that's not a zebra, that's an okapi, God made him that way."

"No, he rode in da mud. He's dirty."

"Ok, Tanner. The shebra's dirty."