Environment

I wonder… what is the secret of Shadi’s fatigue? The world is free… and he is thirsty! Only water quenches thirst, and every drink contains water. There is a secret that Shirin does not know: all the food in front of her contains water, even bread, chicken, apples, and lettuce! Water and Plants: But Mama knows well that we always use water in cooking! And water is the secret of plant life! Without water, trees will not grow… neither the banana tree nor the mango tree, and we will not find strawberries! ...

It is told that in the small village, three days passed during which the children did not see their friend the donkey Zurayf! They told the village crier. The crier went around the village and announced, “O people of the village, O people of the village, gather, gather! Who among you has seen Zurayf or heard anything about him, tell the children, and whoever does that has a great reward with the Creator, the Exalted!” ...

The time of the flood came, the rivers filled with the falling water in the direction of the sea. The bells announced a strange condition. And with the descent of the flowing water heavily from the plants of the river in the basin of the sea, the bells of people rose from the humans. They were crying while the water was rising and reaching the roofs of their houses, which they built on the shoulders of the sea. They were carrying with them everything they could carry, fleeing with their wealth and the lives of their children and the lives of animals from the terror of drowning. ...

The dark clouds rose until they covered the sky. The largest clouds that mankind had ever known were descending on the earth. Millions of humans were taking shelter in basements, beating on wooden doors with hammers, screaming, knocking on wooden doors, fearing, fleeing, and moving. They were doing this, lighting lamps and screaming with their throats and instruments, destroying houses and their strong hands. Also wooden ceilings didn’t cease emitting dangerous fumes. ...

In the night sky of the growing savannas, the American veterinarian, Laura Parker, sat thinking with sadness and despair about the possibility that all efforts made in a project to protect the cheetah in southern Africa might be lost. She had been supervising it with a grant from the World Wildlife Fund. The stars shone beautifully against the background of the soft, velvet-like purple sky. The doctor began thinking about the reason that made cheetah numbers continue to decline. ...

Many of you don’t know my name, but most of you know my shape. I am this tree whose large red flowers glow in summer. I become like a red umbrella in the color of flame, under which people take shelter from the heat of summer. God created me to be a shade tree in hot countries. I am the Poinciana tree. Original habitat: My original habitat is the island of Madagascar, but now I am widespread in the world, especially in hot countries. ...

The white cat Sasha asked her friend Farah to go out to play in the garden adjacent to their home—a garden where she often sat on the windowsill looking at it from afar. But Farah refused Sasha’s request and said to her, “Going out is dangerous for you, especially since you’re a cat raised in a house and don’t know the ways of street cats.” Sasha was angry and decided one morning to leave without Farah’s knowledge. She jumped from the window to the road to go to the garden, when a speeding car almost hit her, were it not for the driver pressing hard on the brakes. The car stopped near Sasha, who was very frightened and ran with great force into the garden. ...

The Red Sea is a colored sea, indeed a sorcerer of colors, not only at the surface level where the waters shine with wonderful turquoise purity, but also and especially under the surface of its waters, at the coral reefs that appear to the diver’s eye, behind the glass of diving goggles, as if they are colored gardens frequented by a decorated public of sea creatures in hundreds of forms and with all the colors of the rainbow. ...