Seagulls in Salt Lake City (Middle School English Text34)

Salt Lake City is a beautiful city in western North America. The name comes from a large salt lake nearby. The city is located in a valley surrounded by high mountains.

But a long time ago, there was almost nothing in this place and very few people lived here.

More than a hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children moved from east to west. They have come a long way. Finally, these brave men came to the mountains by the salt lake. They climbed over the mountains to reach this quiet place. They decided to stay here, so they built their own homes, built their own farms. That's where Salt Lake City is now.

People have to work their farms because their livelihoods depend on their crops. One day, while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.

"What's that?" One of them asked.

"Where?" Another asked, and he stopped to look.

"Over there," someone replied.

They saw something like a cloud coming, but it was too low in the sky. Under their gaze, it got closer and closer.

Suddenly, a shout sounded: "Locust! Millions of locusts! This statement terrifies everyone's hearts because they know what locusts can do, and they have never seen so many locusts before.

Soon the locusts came down and began to eat everything - wheat, corn, grass, and even leaves from trees.

Farmers come up with something to fight locusts. They tried everything. But while they kill locusts in one place, millions more reach another. What can farmers do?

Suddenly, a loud noise sounded. When they looked up, they saw another cloud coming towards them. To their surprise, this time they saw not locusts, but seagulls. The farmers shouted, "They have come to eat what is left of the locusts." ”

But to their delight, they discovered that seagulls had come to eat not crops, but locusts. They saw or smelled locusts and flew in from the Great Salt Lake. Now they are eating locusts! In a short time, they ate millions of locusts. The farmer's crops were saved!

People are very grateful. They decided that from then on, no one should kill a seagull at any time. And today, if you go to Salt Lake City, you can see a monument with seagulls on it.

THE SEAGULLS OF SALT LAKE CITY

Salt Lake City is a beautiful city in the west of North America. The name comes from a great salt lake nearby. The city lies in a valley with high mountains all around it.

But long ago there was almost nothing in this place and there were very few people living here.

More than a hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children moved from the east to the west. They had traveled a long way. At last these brave people came to the great mountains by the salt lake. They crossed the mountains and reached this quiet place. They decided to stay here, and so they built their homes and made their farms. This was where Salt Lake City now lies.

The people had to work hard on their farms, because their lives depended on their crops. One day while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.

“What’s that?” asked one of them.

“Where?” asked another, as he stopped to look.

“Over there,” was the reply.

They saw something like a cloud coming, but it was too low in the sky. As they watched, it came nearer and nearer.

Suddenly a shout went up: “Locusts! Millions of them!” The words put fear into the hearts of all, because they knew what locusts could do, and they had never seen so many of them before.

In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything – the wheat, the corn, the grass and even the leaves on the trees.

The farmers brought out things to fight the locusts. They tried everything. But while they were killing the locusts in one place, millions more arrived in another. What could the farmers do?

Suddenly there was a great noise. As they looked up, they saw another cloud coming towards them. To their surprise, they saw not locusts this time, but seagulls. The farmers cried out, “They’ve come to eat what the locusts have left.”

But to their joy, they found that the seagulls had come to eat not the crops, but the locusts. They had seen or smelled the locusts and had come from the Great Salt Lake. Now they were eating the locusts! In a short while they ate up millions of them. The farmers’ crops were saved!

The people were very thankful. They decided that from then on no one should ever kill a seagull. And today, if you go to Salt Lake City, you can see a monument with seagulls on top of it.