TREES
CAN TALK! |
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Angela Majic, IGK, 7B
| I've heard this story from a tree whose branches had been burnt in a recent forest fire. I would like to share this story with you. |
| "I was
proud of my large crown, showing it to everybody, but don't think that I
was self-admiring. I was just a happy tree because the spring was so beautiful
and everybody was cheerful. While I was standing there with my friends, I heard someone coming. It was a man. He was holding some kind of a short stick in his hand and puffing a disgusting smoke out of his mouth. The stick was getting smaller and smaller and then he threw it in the grass and on my dry, last year's leaves. |
| When he disappeared out of my sight my leaves started to burn. The fire was very fast. In a minute my home was in flame. I was shocked and started to panic but I couldn't run away or move to avoid the fire. It caught me, too. My leaves were becoming dark and quickly vanished. It was like a hell! Fire everywhere around me! I felt a horrible pain in my roots, I was suffering so much. I was hurt badly. I didn't think of my branches or leaves. The part of my body that hurt most was my heart… |
| Most of us
survived but it wasn't the same forest any more. Now it's almost a year from that disaster and I've got my new branches and green leaves again. The forest is still recovering…“ This may be a happy ending but one thing is for sure: imprudent acts can destroy lives and destinies, so think before you do something silly. |
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National Park, Brijuni
Islands, Croatia
Olive tree, 1500 years
old
Photo: Dora Decorti, 6A, IGK