Conserve Our Environment

This morning I feel the warmth of the sun shine, but the view around me does not make me feel happy.  Do you know why?  It is because the land around me is empty and dry. The hill and the forest which used to be very green, now seem very grey. Most of the trees were taken out by human.  I am so sad, why those human did that without feeling guilty?  Why don’t they love the nature which has become their source of life? Don’t they know that cutting the trees unwisely will damage their own life in the future?  Do you know why I say that? Because cutting the trees carelessly can cause big problems, it will cause flood every where and natural disaster may come unexpectedly.  Forest is the important natural resource for human life. If it is not managed wisely, the forest will be unable to support the next generations. Don’t they realize that?

Tonight I am sitting on a tree branch watching around. I don’t like to see what I see around me.  I am not able to play on the hill anymore. I am imagining the beautiful situation a few years ago, when I still could play with my friends.  How happy I was at that time.  But now, it no longer can happen, because the hill is now dry. The human who live nearby don’t take too much attention about the hill and the forest.

My fate is very unfortunate. My and my friend’s lives are threatened. So are the lives of the tigers, lions, rabbits, wild deer, antelopes, monkeys, and especially orang utans. We are all threatened and there will not be any of our generations that can live in the damaged forest.  And also the fate of the trees…. if they could talk, they will also scream. But the trees can’t protest what humans have done unwisely to them.

Now, I know why humans like to cut the trees unwisely. They want to be rich quickly by exporting the forest products to others countries, and are lazy to think the sustainability of the forest for the next generations to come.  Money, money, and money, that is all what those human always want.  With money they think they can live forever.  They never want to listen to the cries of the forest animals that have lost their living habitat.  For them, other people’s future don’t matter, as long as they can be happy now. They are really greedy.

I can only pray and ask for help from God. The trees cannot do anything.  My friends cannot do anything. Neither can I ….what can I do?  I am just a helpless squirrel, and I can also be killed by human.  I just wish that there were some humans who would care and pay attention to what happen to the forest and its habitat. I wish there will be some human who will re-plant the trees. I wish that I would not wait too long to see the forest become thick, the hill become green again, and the population of my friends increase.

Hopefully human will realize what they have done to the forest and its habitat. They will realize not to take the forest product carelessly. I just wish that the world will become peaceful, where human, animals, and tress live side by side and love each other. What a beautiful and happy live it will be.  Hopefully it still can happen.

Won the 2^nd prize at the National Essay Writing Competition.  Awarded a trophy and a certificate from the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia.