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 Animals are important in Indian culture and are treated in a special way. For example, a lot of elephants aren't ____     . they are domesticated(驯养). They aren’t kept as pets, but as working animals. Every working elephant   ____  its own keeper. An elephant and its  keep meet for the first time when they are both young, and they grow up together. In fact, their relationship continues for the rest of the elephant's   ____  perhaps 40 years. Lots of elephants work in the forest, moving heavy ____    when they are cut down. Some give rides to tourists, or   ____    people during celebrations and festivals. Keepers take excellent care of their elephants , feeding them   ____ and giving them a bath at the end of the working day.

____ special animal in India is the cow. Cows are protected animals, ____    they aren't kept on farms or killed for food, although people do use their milk. So in India you can often see cows walking around towns and cities, and nobody tries  ____   them. If they sit down in the middle of the road, people  ____  drive around them! Do you think it's interesting?