The Life Of Two Birds

Written and typed by Alex Gruebele

Hello, my name is Billy Bird. I'll tell you about my life. I lived with my friend in Volcano national Park in Hawaii. There was a lot of smelly sulfur because of the volcanoes there. We decided to go North to find a place where the air didn't make our eyes water.

We flew North and eventually found a city. We asked the local birds about where we were. They said we were in the great city, "Chicago". My friend and I flew down, deep down into the depths of the city. After a while of searching for prey, we began to smell the foul stench of city's polluted air. The smell made our eyes water. We saw large buildings with huge smokestacks. huge amounts of smoke were going into the air. We were startled by the man walking by. He had a rolled up piece of paper in his mouth. Smoke was coming out of the tip. It stunk! A bird called out to us "Don't touch that!" It's a death stick." We didn't like this polluted, dirth place. Just then, a cat almost caught me.

We moved again, this time to a warm, sunny place. It was grassy and clean. Then we saw a sign. It said: EPA. Environmental Protection Agency. Because this park was such a nice place, we guessed that the EPA was an organization that encouraged people to keep the place clean. A bird in the area said that he usually saw children and adults come and put up signs and help clean the trash off the ground.

We were happy eating, too. The fish were healthy because the river was clean. The plants were healthy, too.

we moved here and spread the news to other birds to come live with us. A couple days alter, the place was swarming with birds.

The End

Alex Gruebele — Countryside School

THE AIR WE BREATHE

The air we breathe
Seems nice and clean
But the dirt and pollution
We cannot see
We use our cars
We use our factories
We hurt ourselves
We hurt our families
Let's walk to the park
Or ride our bike
Instead of using the car
We could take a hike
Pollution is harmful
So let's work together
We still have a handful
To do to make it better

Aram Pajian — Lisle Junior High School

THE AIR WE BREATHE

The purpose of this paper is to show how important it is that we take care of the air around us and to show how our actions affect both the air and our environment.

It is a fact that we all need air to breathe and to live. Air never disappears, and new air is never added to the atmosphere. We are basically stuck with the air that we have, the same air that has been around since the dinosaurs.

When we breathe in air that has been polluted, we are in danger of harming our health. Short term exposure to air pollution can cause irritation to eyes, nose and throat, bronchitis, and pneumonia. If we are exposed to air pollution for a long time, we can develop respiratory disease, lung cancer and heart disease.

Since air is one of the natural resources that we need to survive on this planet, we should be responsible and protect it. If we want the air that we breathe to be clean, we must not allow harmful substances to be released into the air. Some things that cause air pollution are smoke from diesel engines, gas powered cars, burning of wood and charcoal in fireplaces and barbecues, smoking cigarettes, and using air conditioners.

If we decrease our use of these things, we could help wipe out air pollution. If every single person changed their attitude towards air pollution and did their part to decrease air pollution in their little corner of the world, it would make a huge impact on the world's air quality today and for future generations.

I would like to end with these words spoken by Robert Orban, who was a magician and comedy writer in the 1920's. He said, "There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there would be no place to put it all." Stop and think about what is going in your lungs with every breath you take.

Kevin J. Saad — St. Monica School