CHAPTER 3 600,000 Elephants
CHAPTER 3 600,000 Elephants CHAPTER 3 600,000 Elephants When Alice and Wendy arrived at Arnold's apartment a couple of days later, he had printed pages of facts from the Internet. "Between 1979 and 1989, seventy thousand African elephants were killed each year. Today there are just 600,000 left," Alice read aloud. Wendy looked confused. "That sounds like a lot of elephants. I thought you said they were endangered." "They are, Wendy," said Arnold. "Well, how are we going to make people care i
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CHAPTER 3 600,000 Elephants
CHAPTER 3 600,000 Elephants
When Alice and Wendy arrived at Arnold's apartment a couple of days later,he had printed pages of facts from the Internet."Between 1979 and 1989, seventy thousand African elephants were killed each year.Today there are just 600,000 left," Alice read aloud.
Wendy looked confused. "That sounds like a lot of elephants.I thought you said they were endangered." "They are, Wendy," said Arnold.
"Well, how are we going to make people care if there are 600,000 of them left?That's more than can fit in ten baseball stadiums!" Wendy exclaimed. "That's not the point!" Arnold shouted.
"Wait, she has a good point. How are we going to make people care enough to give money?" Alice said.
Arnold suggested they make a chart.It would show the number of elephant deaths each year. Wendy rejected the idea.
Alice thought they could draw the stages of an elephant's life from birth to death. Wendy said that was boring.Wendy thought that no one would read a bulletin board that had newspaper articles on it. They rejected that idea too.
Then Wendy's eyes lit up. "I've got it," she announced."We'll bake cupcakes with elephants drawn on top."
"Are you kidding?" Arnold yelled. "Everyone bakes cupcakes!"
"Not cupcakes with elephants on them!" Wendy shouted back."If you care about the elephants, how can you suggest something so boring?" Arnold asked.
Wendy turned to Alice. "What do you think?" she asked.
Wendy's idea had nothing to do with elephants.But Alice didn't want to hurt the feelings of her new friend."Let's decide tomorrow," she suggested. Arnold brought Alice to his computer. "Read this," he said.
Alice saw the name Peter Kamao on the computer screen.That was her uncle's name! "What's my uncle doing on your computer?" she asked.
