Level Three. Fights and Flights.
By Michelle Lloyd.
Little Herbert found all animals interesting and this had been the case for quite some time. It took his breath away to contemplate how strangely beautiful differing animals were and how the lifestyles of the different species varied.
Thinking about animals made Little Herbert question how the experiences of habitat and home truly were. It was true that the climate was changing and it was because of this that Little Herbert’s knew fights for the environment were being fought.
Flights of fantasy as Little Herbert’s dad called the three friends’ ideas for trips out but on this occasion he was quite agreeable to their shared, united goal. Making the most of their own natural habitat, the group had decided to go and take careful guided tours of the woods near to where they lived.
On this occasion, they were in for a walk on the wild side experience. Out in the wilds, Little Herbert found himself carefully picking his way through the overgrown leaves and branches. Even though the four had only just joined the guided walk, already they had noticed that the flowers lining their way from the path into the woods, were unseasonably early. It was a small observation but it mattered.
As expected, it was while the group assimilated with the wider tour that many more slight but significant changes became noticeably apparent.
Plants that usually gave additional cover to certain smaller animals in the woodland was less and less visible to the tour group, many trees looked to be in decline and those that stood were not as vivid as any of them remembered.
Little Herbert and his two friends, New One and RV all looked to each other. They had all seen more evidence of a woods unlike the one they had seen before. Backing up what they believed, as they gently made their way in to listen, the tour leader advised them all on the changes that had been noted by many experts.
It changed the way the three friends thought and that one trip united ambitions for what they could do. The three desired a place where they could go and be sure of future enrichment. It was important for them and the wilderness. They all decided to use that trip as a way to make for a better understanding of what was needed and what was possible. It was a useful theoretical and practical way for them to find out about and help in a fight for their environment.