My Neighbor, Elephants
My name is Reena.
I live in a small village in ____ India.
There is a big forest near my ____
There are many animals in ____ forest.
One morning, three ____ came to my village.
They could not ____ food in the forest.
So they ate the fruit and ____ on our farms.
Every day, more elephants came and ____ our food.
My father told everyone, “We ____ to stop the elephants.”
We tried many things. We made loud ____
But the elephants were not ____
We used ____ But it was dangerous for us.
The ____ always came 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 ____ them.”
The people in ____ village planted rice and bananas near the forest.
____ grew quickly.
The elephants ____ our presents.
Now, the elephants don’t come to our ____ anymore.
They ____ happy. We are happy, too.
Elephants and people ____ be good neighbors.