Parents: If you are reading this to a small child, please be aware this page may be sad to them. You may want to pre-read it and make adjustmants for your kids. Dont worry, everything comes out good in the end, I promise.
The kids were being careful, and listening for any strange sounds. They could still hear the soft crying animal sound and walked toward it. They were getting closer, and now there was a strange oder in the air. What could have possibly happened. ?
Suddenly, they walked into an open area and saw what has caused the loud bang sound and the crying sound. Sara and Jimmy had heard about this stuff happening, but had never seen it. They stopped and just stared at what had happened, without saying a word. They both knew who had done it, and they knew who to tell. At times like this, they wished they had a radio.
Jimmy said they should just go back home as fast as they could and call the park rangers to let them know. He said that would be the safest thing to do. If they ran, they could make it home in 30 minutes. He wanted to let the adults take care of this.
Sara, on the other hand, was more like her dad, and wanted to stay and make sure the source of the crying was ok. She loved all the animals on the planes, and it hurt her to see even one of them injured in any way. This was too much for her to walk away from, even it would have been safer for them to go back.
They had seen what a poacher had done to a mother giraffe. She wasnt killed for food, just parts to be sold in a market somewhere. It couldnt have been a market in Africa, because this was illegal here. The poachers had taken what they thought they could sell, and left the rest for the scavengers. It would only be a matter of time before the hungry wild animals would be here, feeding on the carcass of the large animal. Within a day, there would be nothing left as proof of any illegal killing. The poacher didnt see the baby when they shot the mother, and thought twice before hurting the baby also. The baby would never be able to survie on its own.
Sara couldnt see any other giraffe heard in the area that might adopt the baby and keep it safe. She knew she would be in trouble for bringing it home, but she couldnt leave it behind either. So, she figured out a way to get the baby to follow them home. She wrapped leaves around her stick and tied them on with the tall grass. She left them hanging loosley, so the baby could eat them. Once she made her food stick for the baby, she had to get the baby to leave its mother. Jimmy tried to get the baby to move by scaring it away from the mother, but it wouldnt move. Sara put the hanging leaves in front of the baby's face and was happy to see she started eating the leaves. Slowly, Sara backed away from the area, and the baby followed. It had worked!
Jimmy wrapped and tied leaves around his stick also, in case the baby ate all the leaves off Sara's stick before they got home. If they were going to try and bring a baby giraffe home, they better make sure it would follow them all the way. They walked back to the house slowly, making sure the baby would stay with them. Soon, they could see the gate to their house. Sara's heart started to beat very fast. They had done it. They made it home. Now, what would they tell their mom?
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