It is another hot day in the desert.
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This story--about a desert, a giant cactus, and the animals who live in it--is one that even the youngest child will understand and enjoy.
There is never a vacancy in the Cactus hotel.
When one animal moves out, another moves in.
The Cactus grows larger and larger and will live for about two hundred years.
It protects them; and they protect it, by eating the pests that could harm the cactus.
It is their Hotel in the desert Many different animals live in the Cactus hotel.
When they get tired they stop to rest at a giant cactus.
Birds and other animals scurry about looking for food.
It is another hot day in the desert
