YOU SAID:
I wanted to go to the zoo, it the lion bit my head off
INTO JAPANESE
私は動物園に行きたいと思っていました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wanted to go to the zoo.
INTO JAPANESE
私は動物園に行きたいと思った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wanted to go to the zoo.
Come on, you can do better than that.