How to Feed the Deer at Nara Park
Nara Park is a beautiful place in Japan. Many friendly deer live there.
They walk around the park. You can feed them special cookies.
Here is how to feed the deer safely. Follow these easy steps!
Step 1: Buy the Deer Cookies You can buy special cookies in the park. These are the only food the deer should eat.
Do not give them your own snacks. Our food can make them sick.
Step 2: Bow to the Deer The deer in Nara are very polite. They can bow their heads to you!
Hold a cookie in your hand. Bow your head to the deer.
Wait for the deer to bow back. It is like saying hello!
Step 3: Feed with a Flat Hand Hold the cookie on your flat hand. Keep your fingers straight and flat.
Let the deer take the cookie gently. Do not pull your hand away.
If you get scared, do not run. Just drop the cookie on the ground.
Step 4: Show Empty Hands Sometimes the deer want more food. They might follow you.
Put your hands up in the air. Show them your open, empty palms.
This tells the deer that the food is gone. They will walk away to find more.
Step 5: Be Kind and Gentle Never chase or pull on the deer. Do not try to ride them.
They are wild animals. Treat them with love and respect.
- Polite:
- Having good manners and showing respect to others.
- Gently:
- Done in a soft, careful, or quiet way.
- Palms:
- The inside part of your hands between your fingers and wrist.
- Respect:
- Treating someone or something with care and kindness.
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“How to Feed the Deer at Nara Park” is a how-to / procedural reading passage about Visiting Nara Park, written for Lower Elementary. It takes about 2 minutes to read (236 words) and comes with an interactive quiz and a printable worksheet with comprehension questions and an answer key.