Yay!” Neha cheered when she saw the snack. “I love animal crackers!”​

“Me too,” Stavir said. He ate a cookie shaped like a lion.​

Neha ate one shaped like an elephant. “What was that noise?” she asked.​

”I didn’t hear anything,” Stavir said. He crunched on a camel-shaped cookie.​

“There was definitely a noise,” Neha said. “Like a roar.”​

The kids were quiet. Sure enough, there was a very faint roar. And it was getting louder.​

Soon it was joined by a trumpeting sound. “Whoa!” Stavir said.

“Look out the window!” Neha shouted.​

Outside the window, there was a parade of animals. There was a roaring lion, followed by a trumpeting elephant. Then came a spitting camel.​

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“Quick, eat another one,” Stavir said. “See if it comes too!”​

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Neha ate a giraffe. And one appeared! “Wow!” Neha said.​

The lion bumped its nose on the front door. The elephant tapped the door with its trunk. “I think they want to come inside,” Neha whispered.​

“I’m not so sure that’s a good idea,” Stavir said. Neha nodded. ​

“How do we get rid of them?” Stavir wondered. ​

“I have an idea,” said Neha.

Neha ate a lion cookie. Poof! The lion disappeared.

​ “Phew!” Stavir said. He ate an elephant cookie. Poof! It disappeared too.​

Neha quickly ate a camel and Stavir ate a giraffe. Poof! Poof!​

The kids looked at each other. “I love animal crackers even more now,” Neha said. ​

“Me too!” Stavir cheered.