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Earth Day Every Day : Earth Day Special Essay (3rd Prize Winner) by Shubhraneel Sarkar, Grade VII, Funlish language School

 


Though Rohan’s family celebrated Earth Day every year on 22nd April, he was not at all a nature conscious person. He ate chocolates almost every day. But he threw the wrappers of those chocolates here and there. Everyone warned him many times. But he was not someone who would listen to anybody’s words.

One day, seeing Rohan doing this, his friend, Ram Naresh said, “Why do you always throw these plastic wrappers anywhere you want? Don’t you know that these plastic wrappers pollute our Mother Earth?”

“Don’t you dare come and teach me how to protect the Earth. I know that better than you all. Every year, I, along with my family, plant a tree and celebrate Earth Day.” said Rohan angrily.

“Okay! Do whatever you want.” said Ram Naresh, disheartened.

Rohan just ignored him and went straight towards his house.

Rohan’s grandmother loved nature. She maintained a garden with colourful flowers. Every day, when Rohan woke up and peeped through his bedroom window, it seemed like the flowers were dancing merrily in the cool morning breeze. This made his day a better one. But still, he did not stop.

As days went by, Rohan became more unconscious. Though he took great pleasure in looking at the garden, he did not take any step towards protecting nature.

Rohan’s grandmother was irritated with him. Every day, she had to clean the plastic from the garden. She warned Rohan not to do this several times. But Rohan was not a boy to stop. So, his grandmother wanted to teach him a lesson. Thus, she did not clean the garden and let the plastic lie here and there.

This year, for the Earth Day celebration, Rohan invited his friends. He said, “Friends, it’s time for me to show my marvellous garden to you all. You are invited to my house next week on Sunday. I’m quite sure that everyone will be awestruck after seeing my garden.”

Days went by and unfortunately the plants of Rohan’s Garden started showing signs of decay. Rohan was very upset. He told his grandmother, “The garden is getting destroyed day by day. Do you know the reason behind it?”

“Yes, my dear. The only reason behind it is plastic wrappers. Stop throwing them in the garden. You have still time to make new flowers bloom. Three days are still left for your friends to come and visit this garden. Within this span of time, clean the garden and take care of it. Or else, get ready for a face loss.”

Rohan understood his mistake and started taking care of his garden. After three days, his friends were amazed to see Rohan’s garden. Rohan had started taking care of nature. This was probably the best thing that he could have done for Earth Day.

Celebrating Earth Day once a year and not taking care of nature for the rest of the year, makes no sense. Being responsible towards nature every day is what really counts.

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