Once upon a time there was a planet whose name was
“Sparkclean”. It was relatively small but bustling with life! All
living creatures on that planet lived happily in love and peace.
They also loved their planet a lot and they took great care of it!
Once upon a time there was a planet whose name was
“Sparkclean”. It was relatively small but bustling with life! All
living creatures on that planet lived happily in love and peace.
They also loved their planet a lot and they took great care of it!
But time flew fast, as fast as it flies in fairytales, and the people of
Sparkclean stopped being loving and caring for their planet. They
built enormous buildings and cut the mountains so as to build
roads and highways. They dried the lakes so as to turn them to
farmlands and dirtied the vast blue sea with their gigantic ships.
But time flew fast, as fast as it flies in fairytales, and the people of
Sparkclean stopped being loving and caring for their planet. They
built enormous buildings and cut the mountains so as to build
roads and highways. They dried the lakes so as to turn them to
farmlands and dirtied the vast blue sea with their gigantic ships.
And, to cut a long story short, they filled Sparkclean planet
with so much rubbish and waste that the poor planet got
seriously ill… Its name almost changed into “Smearstink”
Planet! The trees and flowers withered and the sea had nothing
like the bright blue and cerulean colours. It was grey and dark
and miserable exactly the same as the other areas on the
planet…
And, to cut a long story short, they filled Sparkclean planet
with so much rubbish and waste that the poor planet got
seriously ill… Its name almost changed into “Smearstink”
Planet! The trees and flowers withered and the sea had nothing
like the bright blue and cerulean colours. It was grey and dark
and miserable exactly the same as the other areas on the
planet…
And the people? No need to wonder? Over the
years, they got used to living among the rubbish
and they didn’t care the least for the once beautiful
Sparkclean planet! The King of Sparkclean was
desperate and couldn’t even sleep at nights. His
head was aching but no matter how hard he tried,
he couldn’t come up with any solution that would
help his planet be clean again! How awful… This is
how the King was feeling: AWFUL…
And the people? No need to wonder? Over the
years, they got used to living among the rubbish
and they didn’t care the least for the once beautiful
Sparkclean planet! The King of Sparkclean was
desperate and couldn’t even sleep at nights. His
head was aching but no matter how hard he tried,
he couldn’t come up with any solution that would
help his planet be clean again! How awful… This is
how the King was feeling: AWFUL…
Then, one not so sunny day, while two little girls were playing
over the fields and far away, they heard a weird, faint voice:
“How can you live in such a dirty place? Everything is so filthy
around you! Can’t you really see that your planet gets more and
more sick day by day?”
“Who’s speaking”, Elpis, one of the two girls, asked in surprise!
Her name refers to Greek mythology, in which Elpis was the
spirit of hope and was usually depicted as a young woman,
carrying flowers in her hands.
Then, one not so sunny day, while two little girls were playing
over the fields and far away, they heard a weird, faint voice:
“How can you live in such a dirty place? Everything is so filthy
around you! Can’t you really see that your planet gets more and
more sick day by day?”
“Who’s speaking”, Elpis, one of the two girls, asked in surprise!
Her name refers to Greek mythology, in which Elpis was the
spirit of hope and was usually depicted as a young woman,
carrying flowers in her hands.
“If you see me, I’m silver and if you touch me, I’m soft. I can
wrap around your food if you want! Can you guess what I
am?”, asked shyly a used piece of aluminium foil as it was
struggling to come out of a huge pile of rubbish!
“If you see me, I’m silver and if you touch me, I’m soft. I can
wrap around your food if you want! Can you guess what I
am?”, asked shyly a used piece of aluminium foil as it was
struggling to come out of a huge pile of rubbish!
And this is how that little piece of once shiny aluminium foil
started chatting with the two girls. It told them about the time
when their planet was clean. The water in the lakes, the rivers
and the sea was so crystal clear that even the smallest star in the
sky could see its reflection in it. The hill slopes were all covered
in colourful flowers and herbs and the air smelt of their
delightful fragrance! And now… “Look around you”, the sad
aluminium foil continued. “Rubbish everywhere… What a shame!”
And this is how that little piece of once shiny aluminium foil
started chatting with the two girls. It told them about the time
when their planet was clean. The water in the lakes, the rivers
and the sea was so crystal clear that even the smallest star in the
sky could see its reflection in it. The hill slopes were all covered
in colourful flowers and herbs and the air smelt of their
delightful fragrance! And now… “Look around you”, the sad
aluminium foil continued. “Rubbish everywhere… What a shame!”
“Do you, by any chance, know that if you go on polluting the
place, you’ll surely get ill yourselves?”, another weird, faint
voice asked the two girls.
“Who’s speaking now?”, Sophia, the second little girl, asked in
amazement. By the way, Sophia in Hellenistic philosophy was
honored as a goddess of wisdom.
“Do you, by any chance, know that if you go on polluting the
place, you’ll surely get ill yourselves?”, another weird, faint
voice asked the two girls.
“Who’s speaking now?”, Sophia, the second little girl, asked in
amazement. By the way, Sophia in Hellenistic philosophy was
honored as a goddess of wisdom.
“I used to be a wise book. But my pages were viciously torn and
my heart was broken. Now I’m only a piece of useless paper”,
said a small, yellowish piece of paper sadly!
“And do you happen to know that I’ll soon end up in the landfill,
like all the other rubbish, and I may not be able to see you
again?”, another weird, faint voice asked the two friends!
“But who else is here with us?”, Elpis and Sophia wondered.
“I used to be a wise book. But my pages were viciously torn and
my heart was broken. Now I’m only a piece of useless paper”,
said a small, yellowish piece of paper sadly!
“And do you happen to know that I’ll soon end up in the landfill,
like all the other rubbish, and I may not be able to see you
again?”, another weird, faint voice asked the two friends!
“But who else is here with us?”, Elpis and Sophia wondered.
“I can be in various shapes. You can see me as a bottle or a pin
or a toy! It’s easy to understand what I am”, a dirty bottle said
feeling proud of being able to have so many uses!
Sophia and Elpis put their heads together and started thinking
and thinking! “What can we do to stop this?”, Sophia said. “Let’s
find a way to reduce all this rubbish and make something useful
out of it”, Elpis added.
“I can be in various shapes. You can see me as a bottle or a pin
or a toy! It’s easy to understand what I am”, a dirty bottle said
feeling proud of being able to have so many uses!
Sophia and Elpis put their heads together and started thinking
and thinking! “What can we do to stop this?”, Sophia said. “Let’s
find a way to reduce all this rubbish and make something useful
out of it”, Elpis added.
That’s right! This is what they would have to do:
REduce and REuse! They’d heard it at school
before and there was also a special word for
this: “RECYCLE” was the word their teacher
kept telling them! But how could they do it?
That’s right! This is what they would have to do:
REduce and REuse! They’d heard it at school
before and there was also a special word for
this: “RECYCLE” was the word their teacher
kept telling them! But how could they do it?
It only took Elpis a couple of days to come up with a wonderful
idea! They’d make a robot out of rubbish, which would collect
and separate the rubbish in the area, thus cleaning Sparkclean
planet!
“Fantastic idea!!!”, the aluminium tinfoil cried out! “I volunteer
for being the robot”, it said without the least hesitation!
“Of course! You’ll be THE BRAIN of the robot”, Sophia said
while laughing out loud!
It only took Elpis a couple of days to come up with a wonderful
idea! They’d make a robot out of rubbish, which would collect
and separate the rubbish in the area, thus cleaning Sparkclean
planet!
“Fantastic idea!!!”, the aluminium tinfoil cried out! “I volunteer
for being the robot”, it said without the least hesitation!
“Of course! You’ll be THE BRAIN of the robot”, Sophia said
while laughing out loud!
The two girls got down to work. They looked for hours and
days and months till they eventually found the most
suitable, precious pieces of rubbish they needed in order to
construct their robot. When you can dream it, you can do it
and so could do the two friends!
The two girls got down to work. They looked for hours and
days and months till they eventually found the most
suitable, precious pieces of rubbish they needed in order to
construct their robot. When you can dream it, you can do it
and so could do the two friends!
They managed to build a
unique robot. They’d call it
“REA”, like Titan Rea in
ancient Greek mythology, who
was responsible for the way
things flow in the kingdom of
Cronus.
They managed to build a
unique robot. They’d call it
“REA”, like Titan Rea in
ancient Greek mythology, who
was responsible for the way
things flow in the kingdom of
Cronus.
As soon as everything was ready, they set off for the King’s
Palace. They were really looking forward to telling him
their idea and presenting the magic REA. The King was
over the moon with joy! At last! His planet would be clean
again!
As soon as everything was ready, they set off for the King’s
Palace. They were really looking forward to telling him
their idea and presenting the magic REA. The King was
over the moon with joy! At last! His planet would be clean
again!
REA went out on its mission right away! And so did the
people, who started cleaning Sparklcean again. They made
special recycling bins in order to collect recyclable
objects. They even made laws and fined all those who did
not comply and threw rubbish without respecting the
environment. People got used to recycling little by little
and it soon became part of their daily routine.
REA went out on its mission right away! And so did the
people, who started cleaning Sparklcean again. They made
special recycling bins in order to collect recyclable
objects. They even made laws and fined all those who did
not comply and threw rubbish without respecting the
environment. People got used to recycling little by little
and it soon became part of their daily routine.
The trees and flowers started blooming again and Sparkclean
Planet very quickly changed for the better. Its King was happy
and cheerful again because what he could see was a cleaner
planet! And so happily all the people in Sparkclean live
nowadays that hardly anyone remembers those gloomy, filthy,
full of rubbish years they went through.
The trees and flowers started blooming again and Sparkclean
Planet very quickly changed for the better. Its King was happy
and cheerful again because what he could see was a cleaner
planet! And so happily all the people in Sparkclean live
nowadays that hardly anyone remembers those gloomy, filthy,
full of rubbish years they went through.
Only in fairy tales is it now mentioned that rubbish once
plagued this beautiful planet and some people believe it while
others don’t, as it always happens with fairy tales! What is
certain, though, is that everybody in Sparkclean has been
living happily ever since!!!
THE END
Only in fairy tales is it now mentioned that rubbish once
plagued this beautiful planet and some people believe it while
others don’t, as it always happens with fairy tales! What is
certain, though, is that everybody in Sparkclean has been
living happily ever since!!!
THE END