# Let's Eat - Source: StoryWeaver (storyweaver.org.in), CC BY, Pratham Books, StoryWeaver, CC BY 4.0 - Reading level: Grades 1 and 2 - Subjects: Animals, Food - Topics: animals, eats, hair, hunt, hurry, mouth - Length: 226 words, about 2 min - By: Arefa Tehsin - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: Some hunt, some pluck, some simply swallow in a hurry. What do animals like to eat? Here comes the **cockroach.** Toothpaste on brush or rotting leaves, she will eat anything that is around. There goes the **hare** at *top speed.* He does not waste any nutrients. After grasses and seeds, he also eats his own poop. Who is digging? It is the **beetle**, who buries dead birds and rats. He is storing food for his babies. The **crocodile** is waiting to eat his prey whole, even if there is hair and bones. The **hyena** gives a gleeful laugh. A carcass or just the left toe, she is happy to eat any leftovers. The **snake** slides into a hidey-h**O**le. He doesn’t care for an omelette, he gulps the eggs whole. The **octopus** can change her colour. Watch her drop down on a clam. She pulls it into her arms and mouth and then it is gone. The **leopard** is out hunting at night. She eats creatures big and small — hares, jungle fowl, chital, rats. Up on the tree, the grey **langur** is combing her baby’s hair. She picks out lice and puts them in her mouth. Now that’s a crispy snack. Leopards hunt, langurs pluck, crocodiles simply swallow in a hurry. Now we know what animals like for dinner, **what do you like to eat?** ## Picture credits - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 () - Mihir Joglekar, CC BY 4.0 ()