The Lake and Star.
By Mariana De La Rosa
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful, colorful and unique
fish, whose name was Star. Her life was very calmed, happy, easy, and peacefully taken
until something horrible began to happen: People started to contaminate all the
bodies of water with materials such as plastics which killed instantly most of
the fish that lived there.
From that day on, her life and her family’s life weren’t
easy anymore. They all began to suffer and to try to escape from this horrible
environment that undermined the functioning of their normal way of living. So,
they finally accomplished their goal (to escape) because that lake where they
lived was extremely contaminated. It wasn’t easy at all for them, because they
needed to adapt to another place whose conditions were completely different.
Days and months passed and they finally accommodated
themselves to these conditions and they were happy again. They believed that everything ended there and
they could live their lives relaxed and without any concern, but what they
didn’t know was that everything was getting even worse.
Now, not only the
bodies of water were getting full of garbage, but also they were running dried.
As soon as they noticed this, they began
to spread this news, telling everyone that they needed to do something about it.
So many kinds of fish listened this warning and began to search for a person
that could represent them.
A few months after,
they finally found someone… A short man, blue eyes, black hair, and a Colombian
named Mario, who paid attention to these lots of fish, which were really
concerned about this situation. He told them that nowadays, humans weren’t
conscious enough to see all the damage that they are causing, not only to
animals, but also to the entire world. He explained to them his plan and told
them that he would do everything he could to end up with this mess.
Some time later, he began to look for people to organize a
group, so this project could be developed in an easy form.
Done! He found 10
more guys who were also interested in helping the planet. They all began to release
campaigns in which they showed the people how rivers, lakes and so on were
getting dried, not only that but also
all the animals that were dead because of their fault.
These really shocking images made those people see all the
consequences that their contamination was causing on the planet. So from that day
on, they began to live a different way of life, they began to see all the fauna
and the flora from others' eyes, now they value all the things that they have.
Finally, Mario and his group accomplished
their goal. Days after, Mario went to the lake where Star and her family were
living and he told them that everything was solved and that they could live
happily again.
