Water Stories from Finland

Water stories from Germany

The Speaking Water Drop

Once upon a time, there was a little girl that didn’t like to take a bath, even if it was so dirty.

“In you go into the bathtub”, scolded it’s Mum. You can imagine who the little girl was: it was me.

“No, no, and again no”, I shouted back and locked myself up in my room.

Being there all alone, I noticed a smell all around me, when suddenly two eyes out of a green face stared at me. It was a little dragon wrinkling its nose.

“You have to take a bath?” “Yes”, I answered, trembling. “My name is Olchi, and what is your name?”, it asked in a friendly voice. “I’m Paula.”

“Do you know what? Just go into the bathroom and start running a bath!” Paula went into the bathroom, plugged in the tub and turned on the tap.

When the first water drops came out, a speaking chorus was heard: “Don’t take a bath, don’t take a bath!”  Paula couldn’t believe her ears, first the little speaking dragon, now the water drops.

While the bath was running, again she listened to the voices: “Don’t take a bath, don’t take a bath!”, they shouted when one single drop of water just jumped powerless upon Paula’s hand.

 It cheeped quietly: “If you take a bath it needs too much water, just take a shower, o.k.? You can help protecting our planet!”

I answered: „If this is the case, I prefer to take a shower!”

When I had finished, I went into the living room, to say “Good Night” to my Mum. She was so astonished when she saw me pretty and good smelling.

 “Good girl you are, and you see, it isn’t so bad taking a bath anyway! “, she said to me.

If only she knew ……

The little Water Drop

Once upon a time, there was a tiny little drop of water, that lived at the beach and that liked the waves very much. One stormy day, when the sea was really rough, the little water drop became very scared and blacked out.

The next day, when it awoke, it found himself in the middle of the open wide sea. What should he do now?

He came to know the beautiful underwater world; he met fish in bright shining colors and shapes, so that he forgot about his home at the beach and swam with the new friends in the sea.

He felt strong and happy with all the other water drops around him in the big ocean.

Then they discovered a huge oil spill on the surface of the water…

“Danger! Danger! An oil tanker has lost a lot of oil, we must save the fish! They are all in big danger!!”

All the drops of water set up a big team and built the shape of a huge wave, so they could help the fish to drift into a cleaner territory of the sea. They were all saved at last!!

Now the water drops were really tired and they had a rest.

After they had evaporated, they all reached the sky.

There it was very cozy and as the little drop of water had been working so hard, it fell in a nice deep sleep at once.

 

Water stories from Poland

 

Water books made by Polish children

 

 

 

Drops' Adventures by Maciej

 

The rain drop with its friends was swimming in the lake.

Suddenly, the sun appeared and warmed the water. The drops started to evaporate and float higher and higer...

Till it saw a bunch of its sisters and brothers in the form of clouds.

Soon they were with tchem.

Ater some time drops were falling down...

And they fell on the ground and at the same time, they watered it up.

 

Water Drop by Iza

 

Once upon a time, the rain dropped from the sky in the afternoon. One drop dropped on a beautiful flower with the green. It met a small butterfly on the flower. They made friends and named themselves nicknames. And they lived happily ever after.

 

 



Essays frm Poland

Nature protection

Nature is needed for life and functioning of all organisms.
People eat vegetables and fruit which come from nature.
It is also necessary to produce for example paper.
Nature is also necessary for us to live every day. Plants produce oxygen which we couldn't live without.
Nature, we can't denny, is very useful and changes a lot in our world.

Marcelina, Marysia, Gabrysia, age 11

How to save energy

We use energy every day. We use different kinds of energy and we use it too often.
So we must save it!
Firstly, natural resources of energy will end up in the future. For example: gas, coal, water, wind, oil.
Secondly, using too much energy causes pollution of air, water, soil...
And thethird argument is that too much energy costs a lot!
REmember them!
Using too much energy isn't beneficial for the environment, animals and us!
Maciej, age 11

The Life Cycle of a Frog

In winter the frogs sleep at the bottom of the pond.

In spring frogs lay eggs in the cold water. After ten days little tadpoles come out of the eggs.

In summer the tadpoles swim in the pond. They eat the water plants. But beetles, snakes and birds like to eat tadpoles!

In autumn the tadpoles eat leaves and swim in the water. In winter they hide in the mud. And they sleep.

When spring comes again, the tadpoles wake up. Small hind legs begin to grow.

Then the front legs begin to grow too.

In summer the tail gets smaller. The mouth and the eyes get bigger.

When the tail has gone, the tadpole is a frog.

The frog can now sit on the water lilies. It catches worms, spiders and more insects with its long sticky tongue.

From class 3, Berkersheimer Schule

Protect Plants and the Forest

People are cutting down the trees and are burning the forest. The rainforest is becoming smaller. The home of many animals of the rainforest is in danger. Dont't cut or burn the trees of the Amazonian rainforest!

Trees are very important for our health and for the health of our planet.

They are the lungs of our earth. They give us oxygene. They absorb carbondioxide.

We need to protect trees in our region, our country, our world.

From classes 4a und 4b in Berkersheimer Schule, Germany

Essays about Animals - The Threatened Species

The elephant is in danger because people hunt it for its tusks.

The gorilla is in danger because people are cutting down forests and the jungle is getting smaller.

The polar bear is in danger because the ice in the Arctic is melting.

The whale is in danger because people hunt it for its meat and because of the global warming.

The tiger is in danger because people hunt it for its fur.

The field hamster is in danger bcause of farming machines.

From class 4a and 4b in Berkersheimer Schule, Germany