Lesson 2: Loving the Environment (ESP Q3)

The Grey Fountain

Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry, as though he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sobbing seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool's dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond. With each lap they made, their little voices opened and out came the sobbing sound.

Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sorrowful the fish was feeling.

He felt just like the earth on his arm; dirty and contaminated.

He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm.

From then on he set about looking after the countryside. He cared for the plants, he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted, and he encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his hand started to recover its normal color. When the grey has disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happy hyms, and he heard them joyfully splashing in the crystal clear waters of that magic fountain.

It was plain to see that the Earth had returned to its original happiness; and the boy felt even happier at the sight.

Values:

Caring for the environment

Main Lesson:

Caring for the environment is a real cause of happiness.

Setting:

A fountain in the wood.

Characters:

A boy

A fountain, and some magic fish

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1.What mysterious thing the boy saw in the fountain?

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2.What did he experience as he put his arm in to the water?

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3. Why did he experience it?

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4. How was he able to recover?

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How much do you show your love to the environment? Check it out.

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1. I do not throw my trash outside the vehicle as I travel.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

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2. I switch off the light when it is not in use.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

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3. I close the faucet while brushing my teeth.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

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4. I do not throw my garbage to an open canal

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

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5. I do not spit everywhere even no one sees me.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

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6. When there is no availble trash can on my way, I wrap it with a paper and put it on my bag for the meantime.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

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7. I hate burning rubber tires.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

Multiple Choice

Turn off the lights and appliances whenever not in use.

• Save water

• Save electricity

• Learn to reduce, reuse, and recycle

Multiple Choice

Turn off the water, while brushing your teeth, or while applying your hands with soap.

• Save water

• Save electricity

• Save the ocean

• Keep our surroundings cclean

Multiple Choice

Don't leave your garbage scattered around.

• Keep our surroundings clean

• Learn to reduce, resuse and recycle

Multiple Choice

The government has set laws for us to follow to maintain the beauty and cleanliness of our environment.

• Section 48 of Republic Act No. 9002

• Section 48 of Republic Act No. 9003

• Section 48 of Republic Act No. 9004

Multiple Choice

Section 48 of Republic Act No. 9003 is also called

• Solid Waste Management Act

• Solid and Waste Management Act