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Florida is a pleasant and beautiful state in the southeast of the USA. People from the northern states of America like having a travel there, where it is often warm in winter.

Tourists often buy souvenirs (纪念品 ) when they visit1 new place. In Florida some visitors buy something very2: a baby alligator( 短嘴鳄鱼) about 20 to 30 centimeters long. Alligators live

3in water, so tourists have to find a4of keeping them alive when they return to their homes. Some tourists put the baby alligators into the pool at their home.5people do not have a pool, they sometimes keep their alligator in a bath (浴缸) and6it fish to eat. It is7to a have a lovely alligator in your swimming pool, but this creates problems. As a result, many people want to8the alligators when they grow bigger or are difficult to look9.

Some alligators do not wait for their owners to free them. They10to escape(逃走) from a pool by themselves. Some of these alligators die when they fail to find food.