We arrive at Komodo Island just as the sun was setting. It doesn't look as if there is much growing here. From what I can see it's very rocky and steep. I know, though, that there are pockets of jungle in there somewhere, hilding the Komodo Dragon.
A village is a group of houses smaller that a town. It is a place where people live and work close together. Villages are all over the world, in many different places. There are villages in hot places and very wet places. There are villages high up in mountains where the snow covers them in the winter.
It was beautiful morning. The sun touched the snow covered mountains and left a warm glow. Small, light snowflakes drifted down from the blue sky. There was just a gentle breeze. It was a beautiful morning.
There are many animals, throughout the world, that are kept in captivity. Many are born and die in captivity and have never known what their life was meant to be like. Keeping animals in captivity, however, is sometimes the only way to prevent them from becoming extinct.
Sunday was the day we went to visit Pop in the old red building. I didn't like to see Pop there. When Pop lived in his own house, he was always laughing and playing tricks. But now, he never played tricks and his eyes were sad like a lost puppy.
Did you know that there are still tribes of people who have never had contact with the outside world?
KC was a stray cat that Papa and Momsy had found. KC (King Cat) was the king of the palace. It wasn't really a palace. It was just a small house in the country. But for a cat like KC it was a palace.
I am in a damp, dark cave. I am squeezing through a narrow tunnel. I pull myself over the rough ground. Water trickles from the roof. It plops around me with a plop, plop, plapping sound.
Most people have experienced what it is like to be thirsty. However, when people are really thirsty they can think of nothing alse but how much they need water. Thirst is the sign a person's body gives that it needs more water. It is a signal that the person is becoming. Dehydrated and it can be painful.
People live in different places. What is in the natural world where they live can be very important to them. The mountains and all that they have are important to the people who live there. For people who live in the rain forest, it is the trees and animals. But for the Moken people, it is the sea and all that it gives.