Now record your own version of the text in three parts.
The Hunter and the Elephant (part 1)
Once upon a time there was a hunter who spent the best years of
his life looking for a pink elephant. He looked in China and he looked in Africa;
he looked in Zanzibar and he looked in India;
but he couldn’t find one.
The longer he looked, the more he wanted a pink elephant.
He would trample black orchids and he would walk right past purple cows, so intent was he on his quest.
Use the female or male native speaker version to match up your own reading
and keep re-recording yourself until you are happy with the result.