An elephant wants to have some friends.He sees a monkey in a tree.“Can you be my friend?” asks the elephant.
“You are too big.You can’t swing （摇荡） in the trees like me.”
Then the elephant meets a rabbit.“Please be my friend,” he says.
“How can I? Sorry, sir.You are too strong.”
The elephant is very sad.Then he goes home.
The next day, he sees all the animals running（跑）.He doesn’t know why.The monkey says a tiger is near（在……附近）here.He will come to eat the animals.
The elephant goes to the tiger.“Please, Mr Tiger.Don’t eat the animals.”
“Go away（走开）!” says the tiger.
The elephant is not happy and kicks （踢） the tiger.Then the tiger goes away.At last, all the animals want the elephant to be their friend.
The monkey is in the           when the elephant sees him.
The elephant is too          , so the monkey and the rabbit don’t want the elephant to be their friend.
The elephant isn’t afraid （害怕） of the tiger because （因为） he is big and          .
All the animals are           when they see the tiger go away.
There are           kinds of（种类）animals in the story （故事）.