5 Questions
What was the main activity of Tanga's volunteer club on Saturday?
Helping the elephants at the elephant home
What did Tanga feed to the baby elephant?
Milk
Why did the elephants need a mud bath?
To protect their sensitive skin from the sun
What interesting fact did Tanga learn about elephant dung?
That people make paper from it
What was Tanga's feeling at the end of the volunteer day?
Tired but very happy
Study Notes
Volunteering at an Elephant Home
- The narrator, Tanga, is a middle school student in South Africa who participated in a volunteer club activity at an elephant home near their school.
- The elephant home houses many poor elephants, and the volunteer club helped them by providing food and care.
- Elephants have a large appetite, and the volunteers brought a lot of food to feed them.
- The narrator fed milk to a baby elephant, describing it as "so cute".
- The volunteers also cleaned up elephant dung, which did not have a strong smell according to the narrator.
- Elephant dung is used to make paper, a fun fact the narrator learned during the activity.
- The elephants were taken to a pond for a mud bath, which protects their sensitive skin from the sun.
- The mud bath was the narrator's favorite part of the day, and they enjoyed playing with the elephants and seeing everyone laugh.
- The volunteer activity lasted from early morning to around six in the evening, leaving the narrator feeling tired but happy.
A middle school student's volunteer experience at an elephant home in South Africa, where they helped provide food and care to the animals. Learn about their encounter with a baby elephant and their overall experience.
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