My Neighbor, Elephants
My name is Reena.
I live in ____ small village in Assam, India.
There is a big ____ near my village.
There are many ____ in the forest.
One morning, ____ elephants came to my village.
____ could not find food in the forest.
So they ate the fruit and vegetables ____ our farms.
Every ____ more elephants came and ate our food.
My ____ told everyone, “We have to stop the elephants.”
We tried many things. ____ made loud noises.
But the elephants were ____ scared.
We used fire. But ____ was dangerous for us.
The elephants always came ____
One day, I said,
One day, I said, “Don’t hurt the elephants! ____ just hungry.”
My ____ said, “You’re right. We can plant some food for them.”
The people in my village ____ rice and bananas near the forest.
____ grew quickly.
The elephants loved ____ presents.
____ the elephants don’t come to our village anymore.
____ are happy. We are happy, too.
Elephants and people can ____ good neighbors.