Saturday 17 October 2009

Gaza Zoo

Gaza is a very small part of Palestine. It has more than two million people and is over crowded. It has no open borders with the outside world. People in Gaza can see very few things - Israeli tanks firing at them from time to time, a shore filled with warships that stop them from using the sea and a closed border with Egypt that does not allow thousands to cross it. People in Gaza have to smuggle food inside their land. They do so through tunnels they dig under the border with Egypt. Most of the people who live in Gaza can't leave it until they die. They don't have any cinemas, sports grounds or swimming pools.

 In Gaza there is a small place which people call a zoo. It has some chicken, a few cats, dogs and one lioness. A few years ago the zoo used to have more animals but the Israeli army dropped bombs on it and many animals died. Other animals starved to death because there was not enough food to feed the people or the animals. The zoo owner can't buy any new animals because the borders are all closed. It is also dangerous to smuggle animals through tunnels because they are not big enough and they cost a lot of money. The people of Gaza have no jobs. Unemployment is about 80% and those who are lucky enough don't have enough money to support themselves.
The owner of the zoo had an idea. He got a hairdresser and asked him to paint a donkey and make it look like a zebra. The hairdresser used hair colour that he managed to get from France and got the job done.
Now young children in Gaza have more than one zebra to enjoy looking at. Those children will live all their lives without leaving Gaza or going to a real zoo.
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children - with - enough - zoo - new - see - is
Gaza is a very small part of Palestine. It has more than two million people and is over crowded. It has no open borders with the outside world. People in Gaza can .......... very few things - Israeli tanks firing at them from time to time, a shore filled with warships that stop them from using the sea and a closed border with Egypt that does not allow thousands to cross it. People in Gaza have to smuggle food inside their land. They do so through tunnels they dig under the border .......... Egypt. Most of the people who live in Gaza can't leave it until they die. They don't have any cinemas, sports grounds or swimming pools. In Gaza there .......... a small place which people call a zoo. It has some chicken, a few cats, dogs and one lioness. A few years ago the zoo used to have more animals but the Israeli army dropped bombs on it and many animals died. Other animals starved to death because there was not ........... food to feed the people or the animals. The zoo owner can't buy any ........... animals because the borders are all closed. It is also dangerous to smuggle animals through tunnels because they are not big enough and they cost a lot of money. The people of Gaza have no jobs. Unemployment is about 80% and those who are lucky enough don't have enough money to support themselves. The owner of the ......... had an idea. He got a hairdresser and asked him to paint a donkey and make it look like a zebra. The hairdresser used hair colour that he managed to get from France and got the job done. Now young ........... in Gaza have more than one zebra to enjoy looking at. Those children will live all their lives without leaving Gaza or going to a real zoo.
Can you find some mistakes?
Gaza is a very small part of Palestine. It has more than two million people and is over crowded. It has no open borders with the outside world. People in Paris can see very few things - Israeli tanks firing at them from time to time, a shore filled with warships that stop them from using the sea and a closed border with Egypt that does not allow thousands to cross it. People in Gaza have to smuggle food inside their land. They do so through tunnels they dig under the border with Japan. Most of the people who live in Gaza can't leave it until they die. They don't have any cinemas, sports grounds or swimming pools.  In Gaza there is a small place which people call a zoo. It has some cars, a few cats, dogs and one lioness. A few years ago the zoo used to have more animals but the Israeli army dropped bombs on it and many animals died. Other animals starved to death because there was not enough chocolate to feed the people or the animals. The zoo owner can't buy any new animals because the borders are all open. It is also dangerous to smuggle animals through tunnels because they are not big enough and they cost a lot of money. The people of Gaza have no jobs. Unemployment is about 100% and those who are lucky enough don't have enough money to support themselves. The owner of the zoo had an apple. He got a hairdresser and asked him to paint a donkey and make it look like a zebra. The hairdresser used hair colour that he managed to get from France and got the job done. Now young children in Gaza have more than one zebra to enjoy looking at. Those children will live all their lives without leaving Gaza or going to a real school.
Fill in the gaps: 
Gaza is a very small part of Palestine. It has more .......... two million people and is over crowded. It has no open borders with the outside world. People in Gaza can see very few things - Israeli tanks firing at them from time to time, a shore filled with warships that stop them from ........... the sea and a closed border with Egypt that does not allow thousands to cross it. People in Gaza have to smuggle food inside their land. They do so through tunnels they dig under the border with Egypt. Most of the people who live in Gaza can't leave it until they die. They don't have any .............., sports grounds or swimming pools.  In Gaza there is a small place which people call a zoo. It has some chicken, a few cats, dogs and one lioness. A few years ago the zoo used to have more animals but the Israeli army dropped bombs on it and many animals died. Other animals starved to death because there was not enough food to feed the people or the animals. The zoo owner can't buy any new animals because the borders are all closed. It is also dangerous to smuggle animals through tunnels because they are not ............ enough and they cost a lot of money. The people of Gaza have no jobs. Unemployment is about 80% and those who are lucky enough don't have enough money to support themselves. The owner of the zoo had an idea. He got a hairdresser and asked him to paint a donkey and make it look like a ............ The hairdresser used hair colour that he managed to get from France and got the job done. Now young children in Gaza have more than one zebra to ............... looking at. Those children will live all their lives without leaving Gaza or going to a real zoo.