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Purpose: to inspire us to actAudience: Elementary SchoolBilly loved to play with his dog, Rover. He played with him before school after school and before he went to bed. Rover learned many tricks and it was Billy’s job to feed him. Rover was a big dog and only a few years old. He loved to run around outside and eat berries off trees. But sometimes he got sick from this.

One day when Billy came home from school Rover didn’t look very good. He was lying in the grass and didn’t respond to anything Billy said. He must have eaten something bad for him. What could it be? Billy looked all over the yard until he found the reason for Rover’s behavior: litter. Billy thought Rover probably picked up some litter from the side of the road.

Billy took care of Rover that night but Rover still felt sick. So the next day, Billy’s mom took Rover to the vet. The vet said that Rover had swallowed a chicken bone which had to be removed surgically. So Rover went through surgery to get the bone out.After surgery Rover felt a lot better and Billy was glad to have his dog back to health. Billy got to thinking: what could he do to prevent this? Billy and his mom came up with ideas like picking up trash on the road and encouraging people to throw their trash in trash cans not out the window.

Littering causes very bad things and it is important to keep our earth clean. What can you do to help?

WA 8 first draft

Purpose: to inspire us to act
Audience: Elementary School

Billy loved to play with his dog, Rover. He played with him before school after school and before he went to bed. He taught him many tricks and it was Billy’s job to feed Rover. Rover was a big dog and only a few years old. He loved to run around outside and eat the berries off trees. Rover sometimes even got sick from this.

One day when Billy came home from school Rover didn’t look very good. He was laying in the grass and didn’t respond to anything Billy said. He must have eaten something bad for him. What could it be? Billy looked all over the yard until he found the culprit: litter. Billy thought Rover probably picked up some litter from the side of the road.

Billy took care of Rover that night but Rover still felt sick. So the next day, Billy’s mom took Rover to the vet. The vet said that Rover had swallowed a chicken bone which had to be removed surgically. So Rover went through surgery to get the bone out.

After surgery Rover felt a lot better and Billy was glad to have his dog back to health. Billy got to thinking: what could he do to prevent this? Billy and his mom came up with ideas like picking up trash on the road and encouraging people to throw their trash in trash cans not out the window.

Littering causes very bad things and it is important to keep our earth clean. What can you do to help?