"It was located at one end of the yard, and there was a mesh fence around it for protection." (Paragraph 9)

"They intend to tear down the place to make room for some kind of insurance building, and the tree will have to go, too." (Paragraph 11)

"The home itself was unimpressive. It had none of the marble gloss or steely sheen of modern buildings..." (Paragraph 7)

"Mom and Dad just breathed deeply and stared up with smiles on their faces... I didn’t want to go — in fact, I felt almost like crying." (Paragraph 9)

"There weren’t very many even then, with the urbanization program in full swing, but most people had seen at least one tree by the time they started school." (Paragraph 2)

to be a leader in charge of

to have a good understanding of

to be at fault for

"the problem that is before us" (4)

"With the governors come men..." (4)

"Among them are experts in..." (4)

not showing progress

for a long time

not stopping

"with occasional set-backs" (10)

"gone on slowly" (10)

"through tens of centuries"

The speaker doesn't mind that Grampa stops to save the toads because he loves Grampa while Grampa is only worried about saving the toads.

The speaker values and believes in the conservation of nature while Grampa doesn't care much for nature.

The speaker believes that saving the toads is useless while Grampa values the toads and believes what he's doing is effective.

Both Grampa and the speaker are annoyed at the need to stop for the toads.

"I kept saying you can't save them all, accept it" (lines 10-11)

"gather into his hands the small toads" (Lines 4-5)

The rain was falling, a mist about his white hair" (Lines 8-9)

"he just smiled and said they have places to go too" (Lines 18-20)

"knee deep in the summer roadside grass" (Lines 16-17)

Hiking is a bad sport and no one should participate in hiking.

We need to conserve nature for future generations.

Life is more meaningful and valuable when we slow down to appreciate the beauty of nature

"One day as I was resting in the shade Mr. Muir overtook me on the trail and began to chat in that friendly way..." (Paragraph 3)

"How much finer to take time to...to stop a while and let the beauty of the sunset possess the soul, to listen to what the trees are saying and the songs of the birds..." (Paragraph 6)

"You can't do these things if you rush through life in a big red automobile at high speed..." (Paragraph 7)

Both literary texts have main characters who value and appreciate nature.

Both literary texts have old men as the main characters.

"A Parable of Sauntering" is a short story but "Birdfoot's Grandpa" is a poem.

forward or onward motion toward a destination.

the distinction between right and wrong.

love for or devotion to one’s country.

forward or onward motion toward a destination.

the distinction between right and wrong.

love for or devotion to one’s country.

"The time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted..." (Paragraph 31)

"It always goes slowly. There are occasional set-backs, but on the whole it goes steadily." (Paragraph 11)

"at the same time that there comes that increase in what the average man demands from the resources, he is apt to grow to lose the sense of his dependence upon nature." (Paragraph 6)

"it is safe to say that the prosperity of our people depends directly on the energy and intelligence with which our natural resources are used." (Paragraph 28)

"When the American settler felled the forests, he felt that there was plenty of forest left for the sons who came after him." (Paragraph 34)

"Every step of the progress of mankind is marked by the discovery and use of natural resources previously unused." (Paragraph 9)