the elephant

Lucy the Elephant is located in Margate, NJ. She was built in 1881
by James V. Lafferty, a real estate developer with a gift for promotion.
Standing six stories tall, weighing 90 tons, covered with 12,000 square
feet of sheet metal, Lucy was more than an object of fright, she was a functioning
building, serving first as a hotel, then as a tavern. Since 1973 enough money has
been collected in determined "Save Lucy" campaigns to restore the structural
uprightness and exterior of the 90-ton wood-and-tin pachyderm.

The main room inside Lucy is 18 feet square, and 22 windows pierce
Lucy's frame. The body is 38 feet long by 80 feet in circumference.
Lucy's neck is 6 feet long by 48 feet in circumference; the legs are 22 feet lonng
by 10 feet in diameter. Lucy's ears are 17 feet long by 10 feet wide; each one
weighs approximately 2,000 pounds. Lucy's tusks are 22 feet long, the tail is
26 feet long and the eyes are 18 inches in diameter.
    She nearly didn't. By the late 1960s, Lucy was an abandoned wreck on the
verge of collapse. Rescued by the city of Margate, a major renovation began, centered on the
volunteer "Save Lucy Committee". Lucy has been designated a National
Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. Lucy proved very useful.
Jim L. made a bundle and went on to build other, even larger elephants in
Cape May and Coney Island. Sadly, only Lucy has survived.

the dog

One experience in my life that has been particularly meaningful to me was when my
dog named Angel had passed away. First off it was bad timing because she passed
away when I was on vacation in Hawaii. I found out what happened when
I got back from my trip. I was very depressed for the next couple of days,
shocked at what had just happened. I new she had a very happy but
difficult short life. She only lived for only seven years. In the middle
of her life though there was a scary moment. One day she started to
walk with just her front two legs and dragged the other two behind her.
 My family figured out that she was paralyzed in the rear end of her body.
But my family took care of her until she was able to walk again.
We were afraid she wasn’t going to make it though those times but she did.
But this summer was her time to leave the earth.
The event of her passing away was so meaningful to me because it helped me.

the cat

The ways my cat shows he is king of the house

I have three animals, one dog and two cats. The one I would like to tell you about is Dink.

He is a cat who believes he is the king of the house. I will explain how he shows us this in a

First, you need to know about his physical characteristics. He is a solid black cat, with

three white hairs on his back. Currently he has more white on him, due to the fact that he tried to

help paint the living room wall. Dink weighs approximately fourteen pounds. Dink can stretch

out to be as long as three and some half feet without his tail included. I believe his physical

characteristics have quite a bit to do with his feelings about being king of the house.

The beginning of Dink’s day begins about ten minutes before the alarm clock goes off.

He does not like waiting to be fed in the morning. He will come up on the bed and begin to

meow