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    In the African Sahara, there lives a 

young elephant named Sammy. Like all the 

other young animals, Sammy is sent off to 

school each morning by his mother.

     Sammy loved school, because it was the 

only part of the dry season he enjoyed. In 

school he typically learned about life in the 

Sahara and how to survive. Today Sammy 

was especially excited, because the teacher 

was going to tell them what their final 

project for the year would be.

     "Listen up class," the teacher, Ms. G, 

said. "Your final project for this dry season 

is to learn about your family history and be 

able to explain through a creative project, 

how your family's past impacts you."

     As the teacher talked, Sammy thought 

about his family history. He was unsure 

about how well he would do on his project, 

because he did not know that much about 

his family.

    After school ends, Sammy rushes home 

to his mother. He tells her that he does not 

know what to do for his school project.

    "Sammy," his mother says. "Why don't 

you go and ask your friends what they are 

doing? Maybe they can give you an idea for 

your project and always remember I'm 

here to help you too."

      Sammy decided to go to see his 

friends, because he felt like he didn't need 

his mother's help yet.

     "Hello Rachel," Sammy greets his friend, 

Rachel the songbird. "What are you doing for 

your family project?"

      "I am writing a book over my family. I am 

writing about how my mother is gray and my 

father is brown. My father is brown so that he 

can blend in on the ground and my mother is 

gray so that she is less noticeable in the clouds. 

Then I am writing about how I am brown so that 

I blend in with the ground and the trees."

    "Thanks Rachel," Sammy says, but he does 

not think a book is right for his project.

     "Hello Nathan," Sammy approaches his friend 

Nathan the porcupine. "What are you doing for 

your family project?"

     "I am making a porcupine out of rocks and 

sticks. I want to show how our spikes protect us 

from predators and how my father passed his 

long spikes onto me." Nathan explains to Sammy.

     "Thank you," said Sammy. However, Sammy 

did not feel any better about his project. He did 

not know what he wanted to do for his project 

and he still had not learned anything about his 

family. So Sammy decided to talk to his Mother.

     On his way home Sammy ran into his 

mother. He told her all about his trouble 

figuring out what he wanted to do with his 

project. He shared how he knew nothing 

about his own family and how learning 

about his friends family didn't help.

    "Sammy," his mother said kindly. "I will 

help you with learning about your family, 

but you will have to do your project on 

your own."

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