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Today, we are talking with Fritzi，a great collector of china(瓷制的)elephants．

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Q：

Ai Well, it all goes back to when I was a kid．When I was about six or seven，one of my cousins gave me a small china elephant for my birthday, and I like it·so much that I decided to start collecting them．

Q：So，you've been collecting them ever since?

A：Yeah, that's right．It's been almost thirty years．

Q：

A：I don't know, really．I like the fact that there are so many different kinds and I also like the fact that some of them are so beautiful. Also, I really like elephants．The're amazing animals．

Q：．

A：I've got over five thousand．It's one of the biggest collections in my country ,I think．I'm getting new ones all the time as well．I find them in second—hand shops．I buy them on the Internet and sometimes my friends give them to me as gifts．

Q：

A：Well, I've got a special room for them in my house where I've got them all on display(陈列)．I've got shelves(架子)and shelves of them! Actually, one day I'd like to open my own china elephant museum．I'm sure a lot of people would come and see them．

Q：

A：I do, actually．It's one of the oldest ones in my collection．It's from 1897, and it's a big black one with sad eyes．It's so beautiful, and it makes me want to cry—but in a good way．