My Neighbor, Elephants
My name is Reena.
I live in a small village ____ Assam, India.
There is a big forest ____ my village.
There ____ many animals in the forest.
One morning, ____ elephants came to my village.
They could not find food in ____ forest.
So they ate ____ fruit and vegetables on our farms.
Every day, more elephants came and ate ____ food.
My father told ____ “We have to stop the elephants.”
We tried ____ things. We made loud noises.
But the ____ were not scared.
We used fire. But ____ 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 ____ plant some food for them.”
The people in my ____ planted rice and bananas near the forest.
They grew ____
The elephants loved ____ presents.
Now, the elephants don’t come to our village ____
____ are happy. We are happy, too.
Elephants ____ people can be good neighbors.