Quick Bite: Green Guilt
My cousin’s son Attila has what I would call “Green Guilt”. Every time he receives any type of food or gift that has packaging, he immediately asks, “Is this recyclable?”On our last family trip to “Bible Camp”, my mother threw a plastic bottle into the garbage can in our room.
“Auntie, Auntie!” Attila yelled, pointing at the trash.”We need to put this in the recycling bin OUTSIDE!”
“Nope, I do not recycle,” said my mother.
“But you have to put it so we don’t pollute Mother Earth,” he whined.
“Eh, I don’t feel like it.”
“But why noooooot?” He pleaded with his big blue eyes.
“Because I am lazy,” she laughed.
“Okay, then I can go outside and put it in the bin!”
Her expression changed from amusement to horror. “NOOOO!” she screamed. “You can’t go recycle, somevon will steal you!”
Don’t worry, I fished it out of the garbage can later and took him to recycle it. I’m trying to keep his childhood scars to a minimum.
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That’s a great story! Attila is on the right path!
This story was like a teaser story. It was too short. I want more!
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