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