A Chance to the Forest

Čaba Kurunci VIII5

MIGHTY FORESTS

Forests… Many have fallen to greed and only a few real ones stand in their full glory; spreading their knotted arms to the Sun and bewitching people with their smell of indescribable beauty.

Forests are providing us with plenty of resources and oxygen, so without them there is no life. Every tree offers a home to about a dozen of species that would disappear without it. 

Forests help us. But, what do we do in return? 

We destroy and burn them! 

Every time a forest disappears, hundreds of species disappear too. 

Still, there are some solutions. 

It would be a good idea to plant a new tree on the place of the one that was cut down. In this way, forests could be restored. 

We could also create new forests by planting the artificially prepared seeds that grow faster. Then, we would never have to worry about the lack of oxygen or resources. 

Finally, consider this. In every fairy tale there is a forest. So, where would the wolf live without its home? Where would the seven dwarfs live? What would happen to the elfish castles? What would happen to the witches’ home? And, in the end, how would it be possible for any kind of life to exist without the forests? 

We must take action now, before it becomes too late!

Rastko Zamurović, VIII2

FORESTS

There’s a little village on a magical field where every morning butterflies spread there wings and happily fly over the trees towards the sun showing off their beautiful summer colors. Around it there is a forest that helps the field to cool down the during the hot summer days. The forest looks like a magical home for fairies and elves from a fairy tales we all used to read when we were little. There are old trees which rise up high in the sky and with a little help from hot summer breeze look as if they are dancing to a song that little crickets make from their hideout in the grass.

At noon animals come out of their homes and take a relaxing bath in a small forest stream and tiny insects relax on the rocks heated by the sun. In the evening, the whole forest prepares to go to sleep and the sun shines one last time for the day while it goes under the horizon.

Filip Vujović, VII2