THE PYRAMIDS

Have you ever been to Egypt? Egypt is the oldest country in the world. When you come to Egypt, the first things you can see are the pyramids which were built thousands of years ago.

The pyramids were built by the kings of ancient Egypt. They built the pyramids as their tombs when they were a live. They thought that the pyramids could keep their bodies and their treasures safe after their death.

However, for thousand of years weather has worn away their shining surface, and men have taken some of their stones to build other things. Thieves have broken their stone doors and stolen their treasures since the death of the kings who had built them.

Today the surface of the pyramids are very rough, and you climb them easily to the top. On the top you can see miles about you. To the west you can see the vast desert. To the east you can see the green Nile Valley and the modern city of Cairo. Egypt is Wonderful Country.

(BY Dorothy P.S Lee and Lee Hai Ming)