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 By
Colleen B., Age 9, Washington County
Litter in my world has become like a creature in a spooky
book. It's usually the result of someone's greed, seeing only
their own wants and needs. Then they create an evil, thinking
they have control over it. Soon, they learn that the creation
has a mind of it's own. When I look around I think the litter
monster must be some
type of ghost, that only certain people can see. I have been
to a petting zoo where paper feed cups were tossed all over
the ground, and cotton candy wrappers were stuck to the animals.
No one must
have been able to see anything! But I did. And I picked it
up before any
animals could eat it. When I am by the river's edge near our
house, I can see
the six-pack plastics, cans or food wraps from the local fast
food restaurant
that were left behind by other families and fishermen. It
must be that ghostly kind of invisible again! Because if other
people saw it, wouldn’t they have been the ones to pick
it up? It’s really scary to think that people could
know what they've done, and still not care! That's the kind
of scary tale that gives me
chills! Usually, stories end with the monster being totally
destroyed. Some-
times, though, the thing will get away. It hides, and feeds
and grows bigger,
and you're never sure how it will come back, or who it will
hurt. We need to
write the end to this story now! More people need to see the
litter, and not
ignore it. Or else, this ghost will go on haunting us forever.
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