In Thailand, there are many elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. You can find a white elephant on their first flag. Every year, many people come to Thailand to see elephants there.

Elephants are very useful. They can carry (搬运) big things, so they can do a lot of difficult work for people. And they are very smart. They can act (表演) and dance. Sometimes they can play with people. It’s very interesting.

But today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). People cut down many trees, so elephants are losing their homes. Some people also kill elephants for their ivory.

Luckily, more and more Thai people want to save elephants. There is even (甚至) a festival for the elephants in Thailand. It is called Elephant Day. It comes on March 13th. The elephants don’t need to work or act. They can have a good rest (休息). People bring them much good food like fruit and vegetables. People also have some activities for them. On that day, the elephants wear beautiful clothes and they have great fun with people.

Elephants

A famer had four lambs (羔羊). One was black, and the other three were white. The black lamb was always friendly to the others in the group. But the white lambs often laughed at him. They thought he was ugly. The farmer did not like him, either. He gave bad food to the black Iamb.

One winter day, the four lambs went out to eat grass. They went far away from home. Suddenly, it began to snow. And the ground was all white soon. They couldn’t find the way home.

When the farmer found that the lambs were not at home, he went out to look for them. There was snow everywhere. Suddenly, he saw something black. He went to it. Oh, it was his black lamb! And the white lambs were there, too. The farmer said excitedly, “Thanks to the black lamb, I can find you!”

UAE holds camel beauty contest

The Arabs love their camels very much. There are more than 380,000 camels in the UAE now.

Do you know the Al Dhafra Festival? It is held every year at Abu Dhabi, in the UAE. ①The camel beauty contest is the highlight of this festival . 30, 000 camels take part in the contest.

How does one judge the beauty of a camel? People are looking for camels ②           big heads, wide necks and strong ears. The camel’ s body should be long, the hump and the back should be big, and ③颜色同样也很重要.