[Dusk hits the zoo, and the staff roams the zoo with a band of chefs and groomers to relax the exhausted animals of their hard work. The three pets stayed hidden until the party for the 10 year old zebra started.

Marty was getting his hooves polished like shoes and receives a fresh patch of green grass from the chef as a birthday meal.

Gloria said "This is the life." Gloria receives a wide variety of fruit for her meal while drying in a big towel and polish nails for a massage.

Melman is still getting medical treatment "That's the spot. A chef reveals a tray full of medications and vitamins to make him feel better "Oh! I'm in heaven."

Alex seems to get the most treatment out of all the animals and receives mane grooming, nail trimming, and a full pack of steak meal which he devours in a number of seconds leaving a bone. And later that night, the zoo animals and the pets gather through a small party to celebrate Marty's 10th birthday.

Gloria cheered "Ooh, it's Marty's birthday!"

Alex said "Just rip it open. Come on!"
Odie barked happily.

Garfield said "Don't leave us hanging."

Vic said "Open it!"

Marty asked "What is it? What is it?"

Gloria said "Come on. Open it up. What you get? What you get? What you get?"

Marty opened his gift to show that it was a thermometer "Yeah! A thermometer. Thanks. I love it, Melman. I love it." He puts it in his mouth with style

Melman said "Yeah, I wanted to give you something personal. You know, that was my first rectal thermometer."

Marty freaked out when he heard that "Mother-?!" Marty proceeds to gag at the thought and spits out the thermometer while licking his tongue trying to get the germs off.

Melman said "I'll miss that bad boy."

Alex said "Okay. Get the cake. Melman, come on."

Everyone began singing ♪ Hmmmm... ♪

Everyone sang in parts "Happy" "birth-" "day" "to"

Odie barked for the 'you.' 'You'
"live" "in" "a zoo." "You" "look"
"like" "a" "mon-" "key."

Melman holds the long note "Aaaaand" "You" "smell" "like"  "one" "too!" They all laughed

Mason spat out the coffee "I say!"

Phil got up shocked then he smelled his armpits and faints from the smell.

Marty said "Aw, well, now, you guys are just embarrassing me. And yourselves."

Alex said "What are you talking about? We worked on that all week."

Garifeld said "I had to practice too, even on Mondays. I didn't like it."

Gloria said holding out Marty's cake "Let's go. Let's make a wish, babycakes."

Marty took a moment to think about his wish then he blew out the candle shaped like a 10 then takes a big bite of the cake.

Alex said "Come on. What'd you wish for?"

Marty said "Nope. Can't tell you that."

Alex said "Come on. Tell."

Vic said "Can't even tell us? Man some friend you are."

Marty said "No, siree. I'm telling you, it's bad luck. You want some bad luck, I'll blab it out. But if you want to be safe, I'll keep my mouth shut."

Gloria said "Oh, for crying out loud, Marty. Would you just tell us? I mean, really. What could happen?"

Odie agreed.

Marty said "OK. I wished I could go to the wild!"

Alex said "The wild?! Whoa!" Alex falls over dropping his steak in shock.

Melman swallows the party tooter and chokes. Garfield, Odie and Vic were in shock. Gloria drops her jaw and Alex thudded on the floor as the steak landed.

Marty said "I told you it was bad luck."

Then Gloria tries to get the tooter out of Merman's throat

Alex said getting up "The wild? Are you nuts? That is the worst idea I've ever heard."

Melman coughed out the party tooter as it landed across the two "It's unsanitary."

Marty said "The penguins are going. So why can't I?"

Alex said "The penguins are psychotic." Alex picked up the steak he dropped.

Garifeld said "And you could be eaten alive, faster than me eating lasagna."

Marty said "Come on. Just imagine going back to nature. Back to your roots. Clean air, wide-open spaces!"

Gloria said "Well, I hear they have wide-open spaces in Connecticut."

Marty asked "Connecticut?"

Melman said "Yeah. What you got to do is you got to go over to Grand Central. Then you got to take the Metro-North train... north?"

Marty said "So one could take the train? Just hypothetically."

Alex said "Marty, come on. What would Connecticut have to offer us?"

Melman said "Lyme disease."

Alex thanked "Thank you, Melman."

Marty said "No, no, really, really, I just want..."

Alex showed Marty the steak as he tried to speak "There's certainly none of this in the wild. Plus, this is a highly refined type of food thing that you do not find in the wild."

Marty asked "You ever thought there might be more to life than steak, Alex? Garifeld isn't there more than your lasagna?"

Garfield said "No."

Alex hugged the steak "He didn't mean that, baby. No, no, no."

Marty asked "Doesn't it bother you guys that you don't know anything about life outside this zoo?"

Melman said "Nuh-uh."

Gloria said "Mmm-mm."

Melman said "Nope."

Garifeld said "Not one bit."

Vic said "Not even close."

Alex said "Well. I mean, come on. That's just one subject. You got a little, uh, you got a little schmutz right there on your..." he then eats his steak.

Marty sighed and uses a napkin to clean his mouth "Thanks, guys. Thanks for the party. It was great. Really."

Alex spits a bone and drops it as Marty uses the treadmill.

Melman asked "What's eating him?"

Gloria whispered "Maybe you should talk to him, Alex. You know, go over there and give him a little pep talk."

Alex said "Hey, I already gave him a snow globe. I can't top that."

Gloria sighed "Alex..."

Melman said "I can see where this is going." He yawned "It is getting late. I guess I'm gonna..." he fell asleep as snores.

Then Garfield, odie and Vic got settled to down the night at the zoo.

Gloria and Alex gave some signals which I think means to talk to him and Gloria told him that he'll be in trouble if he doesn't.

Gloria whispered "Come on. He's your best friend."

Alex said "All right, all right. OK."

Gloria said walking to her pool "Night, Marty." Marty said "Night, Glo." Gloria gave a signal for Alex to talk to Marty then she backflips into her pool, making Alex open his umbrella so he doesn't get splashed, he then saw that Gloria gave the signal again as the lights turned off.

Alex then thought for a bit then he got an idea he laid down "Ahhh... What a day. I mean, just really, really I mean I tell you, it just doesn't get any better than this, you know?" He saw something "Ooh! It just did. Even the star's out. Not going to find a star like that in the wild."

Marty said "Helicopter." The helicopter then flies away.

Alex said "Marty. Buddy. Listen. Everybody has days when they think the grass might be greener somewhere else."

Marty said "Alex. Look at me. I'm 10 years old. My life is half over. And I don't even know if I'm black with white stripes... or white with black stripes."
Marty then sat down. Alex then got another idea.

Alex said "Marty. I'm thinking of a song."

Marty said "Alex. Please. Not now."

Alex said "Oh, yes. It's a wonderful song. I think you're familiar with it. ♪ Da da da da da! Da da da da da! Da da da da da! Da! ♪"

Marty said "Oh, no. Oh, no, you don't. No, no, no. I'm not listening! Lalalalalalalalalalala!"

Alex began singing ♪ Start spreadin' the news ♪

Marty said "I don't know you!"

♪ I'm leaving today! We are a great big part of it ♪

Marty laughed "He's funny. Who is that?"

Alex said "Come on. You know you know the words. Two little words."

Marty said "New York."
Both of them sang ♪ New York! ♪

A bird said "Shut up, shut up, shut up!! Hey, I'm sleeping here! We're not all nocturnal, you know!!"

Marty said "Hey, I'll knock your "turnal" right off, pal."

Snake asked as all the animals turned on the lights "Yeah, you and what army, stripes?"

Alex said "You mess with him, you mess with me, Howard!"

Marty laughed "Ah ha ha ha!"
0You're a bigmouth lion!"

Alex said "See? Mr. Grumpy Stripes! We make a great team, the two of us."

Marty said "We sure do. No doubt about it."

Alex asked "So, what are you going to do? Just go running off to the wild by yourself?"

Marty replied "No."

Alex said "Good."

Marty said "You and me. Let's go."

Alex asked "What?"

Marty said "The wild. Come on. You and me together. It's a straight shot down Fifth Avenue to Grand Central. We'll grab a train, we'll head north. We can be back by morning. No one will ever know."

Alex chuckled "You're joking. Righ?"

Marty chuckled said "Yeah. I'm joking. Of course I'm joking. Give me a break. Like we're going to get a train."

Alex chuckled "Oh." He sighed "Don't do that. You really had me worried there."

Marty yawned "Oh, well. I guess I'll hit the sack."

Alex said "Yeah, me too. I'll need to rest my voice for tomorrow. It's Seniors' Day, you know. Have to roar extra loud. Give them a little jolt! You know what I'm talking about?" He walked to his resting spot.

Marty said "Good night, Ally Al."

Alex sighs and claps twice to turn on the red light and hears a bird "Oh. They forgot to turn off the ambiance again!"

Marty said "Don't worry. It's cool. You know, I got it." He kicks the speaker, shooing the bird away as it now turns to the sounds of the Police

Alex said "Ah. Much better." Marty looked at the mural.