Cause for Alarm

Cause for Alarm

“All Children and grown-ups must do their best to keep the world clean,” Mr. Fox said to his class. “Sometimes we see some rubbish in the streets and we must pick it up. Sometimes we eat sweets and we must put the wrappings in the bin. We must all work together so there's no rubbish in the world. Never throw plastic into the sea! There's some tar on the beaches. There's some oil in the sea. If we pour poison into our rivers, some fish die. This is called pollution. This weekend, see if you can find examples of pollution and write some sentences about it.” Jimmy looked very worried when he went home. On Monday, he handed in his composition. “Yesterday we had sardines for lunch. Mummy opened the tin, but all the fish were dead and the tin was full of oil!