12. The little lawn ladybird

 

THE LITTLE  LAWN LADYBIRD.

  Once upon a time, not long ago, a lawn, a simple lawn, surrounded by small houses and trees where  many animals lived:  bee, sparrows, butterflies, ants and even squirrels, fragrant in all seasons of fresh grass and colorful flowers, of sweet  strawberries and delicious mushrooms in wet seasons. At  weekends in the spring and in warm summer evenings the small lawn was filled with children and families who, happily, sitting on the scented grass and spent hours in  company. Time passed and many things changed after evenings spent in the company, the grass began to no longer be the same. We began to see garbage left on the grass, plastic bottles, bags of chips, paper, old newspapers ... At one point the lawn, a clear day and fragrant, became a small landfill between  the houses and trees. Children and families never met again on the grass was yellowed and that, instead of flowers, it was full of rubbish. Even the animals ran away and everything became sad and grey. Only a small ladybug remained and was so angry that he decided to do something to save the small lawn. Gathered together all the pets and all the children with their families. She explained to them that there was a simple spell which  name was  a bit strange RECYCLING. A simple way to transform bags, bottles and all kinds of waste into reusable materials: taught them a simple song:

If you recycle you know, your lawn will save. And, if you continue to be great, will save our Earth.
People went to work and the small lawn became a laboratory ... After some time they all returned to the big lawn where the bottles and papers, by magic, had become long colorful festoons, the bags were soft pillows to rest, and among the fragrant flowers, next to the plastic flowers, leaping animals. Everyone understood the lesson of the little ladybug lawn and learned the song:                                                 If you recycle you know,                                                  your lawn will save.                                          And, if you continue to be great,                                                   will save our Earth. Students attending the second Primary School Puccianiello I.C. S.Leucio - Caserta February 2013