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crocodiles, ponies, reindeer…then there

was the train ride and the museum and the

insect house with the creepy crawlies. And

the giraffes. Not to mention the break for

chips and ice-creams. By the middle of the

afternoon everyone was exhausted. There

were just two things left to see: the baby

elephants and the goats. There were three

baby elephants and they were playing

water fights with each other. A lot of the

squirted water was going over the

onlookers. It was great fun – as long as you

weren’t one of the people getting wet.

“Did you know,” said Mr Brown, “that

those elephants are being studied by a

famous animal scientist. He studies

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