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