Bobby the Aardvark by Sandra Wagner

Author:Sandra Wagner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: allegorical, fantasy animals, transgender fiction, transsexual fiction

Return to the Doctor's Office

Later that day, Bobby and his mother went back to the doctor’s office for a follow up visit.

“And your name?”

“Aardvark, Bobby Aardvark,” said Mrs Aardvark.

“Oh the little hewmaun,” said the receptionist dryly.

“I am not! I’m an aardvark!” yelled Bobby who didn’t want a repeat of their previous visit to the doctor.

The receptionist looked at Bobby. “Ok, you don’t have to yell. I’ll tell the doctor that you are here.”

Fortunately there were no other aardvarks in the reception area and Bobby and his mother sat together waiting.

While they waited, Bobby’s mother leaned over and said “Now Bobby remember to tell the doctor that you are all better now. We don’t want to be kicked out of the herd and I don’t want to see you chased off.”

Bobby again felt the pressure of having to say and do things that he found repugnant but did not have the choice to do anything about it. He worried that his parents would lose everything they held dear and he would be chased off alone in the wilderness. And even though he didn’t think they were his real parents he didn’t want anyone hurt because of him.

A short time later the receptionist called them into the examination room. As Bobby went past the receptionist he shot her an angry look. She just looked back at him in amused silence.

They waited nervously in the examination room. The doctor finally entered carrying Bobby’s file.

The doctor looked at Bobby “Well Bobby how do you feel today?”

“All right, I suppose.”

“Did you have breakfast this morning?”

“Yes doctor. A plate of bugs and honey and some bug juice.”

“Good. What do bugs do for you?”

“Make me big and strong,” said Bobby remembering his lessons. His ears still rang from the songs of the aardvark herd.

“No more human feelings? You don’t think you are a human do you Bobby?”

“No sir.” Bobby said with all the conviction he could muster. But he knew it is a lie, but he dared not say anything else.

“Do you feel up to going back to school?”

“I suppose.”

“Very good. Mrs. Aardvark, I’ll write a note that Bobby will take to school. Please wait in the reception area and I’ll have the receptionist bring it out to you. And Bobby, remember to report anyone trying to convince you that you are human, OK?”

“Yes, Doctor,” said Bobby.

“Mrs, Aardvark, I think Bobby will be just fine. This is serious business, but I think Bobby is on the right track now. He should be fine.”

“Thank you Doctor, I’m very happy to hear that.”

They waited anxiously in the reception area and after a while the receptionist brought a letter out to Bobby’s mother.

It said:

This is to certify that the patient, Bobby Aardvark, suffered from severe anti-social and anti-herd behavior. He had delusions of being a human boy-child and believed that he belonged to a tribe of humans not the aardvark herd. And that somehow the real Bobby Aardvark and he switched places in this imaginary land. According to the patient,

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