Conserving Nature

 

Conserving Nature

“Nature is God’s creation just as we are. We collect everything from nature for the sake of living. Hence, we should always conserve her.”

Read the following story to learn how to conserve nature.

 

Ricky’s Love for Nature

Ricky was a student of class VI. He lived happily with his parents.

Since his house was not distant from his school, he used to go there on foot every day with his mother.

One day, while returning home from school with his mother, they saw a man cutting down a tree. It was a large banyan tree.

All at once, Ricky stopped walking.

His mother asked, “What’s wrong, Ricky? Why did you stop walking?”

Ricky was full of tears. Yes, he was crying.

His mother, at first, could not understand the reason. But gradually, she came to know why he was so full of tears.

Ricky said in a sobbing voice, “You’ve taught me that trees are our friends. We should never hurt a friend, should we? Now look what is happening right there.”

His mother calmed him somehow. Then they went to the man who was cutting down the tree.

The man looked at them in utter surprise.

The little boy explained to the man the importance of conserving nature. He added that trees are our friends, true friends indeed.

His mother was really very proud of her son right then.

The man stopped cutting the banyan tree and promise that he would never do anything as such again.