While walking in the desert, a group finds an unusual creature with features of different animals. They are frightened by its appearance and strange smell. When their mother arrives and also sees it, she screams as well. They call the police who take the creature to a zoo, where it is placed in an enclosure named after the narrator, Lucinda, who calls it Kate. Lucinda becomes famous and wealthy from the discovery, but loses her fame when she grows old. Kate sadly dies in 2012 and her bones are kept in a coffin at the zoo, though her spirit lives on.