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Leo did remember. He just hadn’t realized she’d kept the promise tucked inside an envelope.

He took out the envelope. Rubbed his thumb over her handwriting: bronx zoo aquarium tickets. bronx zoo aquarium tickets

He almost threw it away. Instead, he called his younger sister, Rosa. Leo did remember

Leo walked for hours. He saw the tigers pacing, the baboons grooming each other, a child drop his ice cream and cry until his father bought him another. At the sea lion pool, he sat on the bench and ate a soft pretzel. The sea lions swam in lazy circles, surfacing now and then to bark at the sky. he called his younger sister