Here are two playful rephrasings made for a 7-year-old:
Up in the soggy, leafy tops of the Amazon, a rainbow crowd of parrots squawks, flutters, and shows off their bright feathers. Down in the muddy rivers, crocodiles slide like sleepy logs and piranhas zip around like tiny, chompy speedsters. Far away in the Asian jungle, a proud peacock spreads a giant, colorful fan, a scaly pangolin curls into a little armor ball, and a stripey tiger prowls like a secret king.
The Amazon treetops are a wet, green playground sprinkled with bright parrots — red, blue, and green — all chattering and flapping. In the water below, crocodiles sneak along like long logs and piranhas dart like fishy lightning. In the Asian jungle, a peacock opens its huge, sparkly umbrella, a shy pangolin shuffles in scaly armor, and a tiger with bold black stripes slips through the leaves like a whisper.