Amanda the
Panda
By: Katherine Rodriguez
This is Amanda, she
wants to teach you
about her ecosystem,
and the things that
happened to it
Oh, hi! I'm Amanda but
you've probably already
heard about me, I live in
China, because there are
a lot of bamboos, which
is my favourite food
Let me tell you a story
that my mother once
shared with me.
Once upon a time there
were a lot of pandas,
like me, they were
beautiful, and there
were a lot of bamboos,
they all lived in China,
because they originated
from there.
That big panda is my
grandmother, and the
baby panda is my
mother when she was
really small
My mother said that
the bamboos were
even more delicious,
and that there were
much more pandas
than now
They lived happily,
talking to their
friends, and eating
their favourite food
every single day
Until...
humans started cutting our bamboos,
taking some baby pandas with them,
separating them with their families to
another place called America...
My mother said she heard other people
defending them, and saying that what
they were doing was called deforestation
My mother never got to her
mom, ever again...
Bamboo insects
started
disappearing, and
the things we
pandas eat as
well.
But one
day..
A kind woman
walked by the
bamboo forest and
saw the disaster, she
took every panda left
to a zoo and took
care of them
Now my
mom and I
live here
We live happily, but my
mother says she misses
her ecosystem. There
are more and more
pandas every day, and
we hope that some day
we return to that
beautiful place.
And this.. is
the story of
Amanda
the Panda.
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