Recycling Detectives

One morning, the sun was shining brightly over Animal Town. As the little mouse looked out the window, it noticed plastic bottles rolling around on the ground. "How did all this trash get here?" it wondered.

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Bir sabah hayvan kasabasında güneş parıl parıl parlıyordu. Küçük fare penceresinden dışarı bakarken yerde yuvarlanan plastik şişeleri fark etti. "Bu kadar çöp buraya nasıl geldi?" diye düşündü.

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Küçük fare kasabaya gitmeyi düşündü. Kasabaya indiğinde çöpleri, karton kutuları, pet şişeleri etrafa saçılmış şekilde buldu. Dahası etrafta dayanılmayacak bir koku olduğunu fark etti.

The little mouse thought of going to the town. When he went down to the town, he found garbage, cardboard boxes, and plastic bottles scattered around. Moreover, he noticed that there was an unbearable smell around.

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Then everyone in the town realized it too.

When he went outside, a bad smell was waiting for him.

The little mouse saw that his friends had gathered in the Small Hill Park.

He immediately went over to his friends; they were talking about this issue.

The little mouse said, "I think we should unite and clean up the trash.

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Suddenly, another one of their friends come running to join them, holding a glass bottle of milk. "Guys ... it's the bottles that smell bad, because they're not clean!!!" he told them. Marilena-Garifallina

They looked up and saw another little mouse,black in color,inside a hot air ballon, throwing the bottles down! Maria-Victoria

"Oh..." all his friends repliend together. And before they could say anything else,bottles-plastic and glass-started falling from the sky like rain. Melina-Crycanthi

Katerina Gratsanou

21st Primary School of Chalkida, Greece

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At that moment, everyone started to panic. Bottles were falling and breaking on the ground, spreading an even worse smell around.

The little mouse called out to his friends, “We all have to do something, right now!”

The residents of Animal Town quickly scattered; some began collecting cardboard boxes, while others started sorting out the unbroken bottles.

The mouse who was polluting the environment was still in the hot air balloon.

The little mouse shouted up to him, “Why are you doing this? What do you want?”

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   The mouse in the hot air balloon looked down, surprised that someone was brave enough to speak up.

He hesitated, then shouted:

  - I just wanted to be noticed! No one ever listens to me. I thought... maybe if I did something, you'd all pay attention!

The little mouse blinked.

  - But you're hurting the town! You don't have to make a mess to get noticed! Come down and let's talk.

   Slowly, the hot air balloon began to descend.

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Școala Gimnazială George Coșbuc” 23 August, Romania

The mouse explained to the other animals that there was a dump close to his house. Most of the garbage was thrown from the town in there and the filth from them made the unbearable smell. Julia - Joanna

'' I had to do something!'' claimed the litlle mouse. ''We must find a better way to deal with our garbage now, before it is too late!'' Jim-George

John Albanis

21st Primary School of Chalkida, Greece