One day, on a sunny afternoon,
In the forest, snow-covered and beautiful
The 'ECOLYATA' sat
at the table
And drank tea made from raspberry twigs.
Mischief was telling a story again,
How in summer he saved the animals from fire,
And Little Fir Tree was sad,
drinking tea,
Looking out the window at the snow and saying nothing…
Suddenly, something troubled her,
She saw a frightened Little Hare,
He was rushing down the hill, and behind him,
A shot rang out from a gun, an old one…
Little Fir Tree jumped up, put on her boots and gloves
And ran to save Little Hare!
And along the way she cried out to the whole forest:
"Stop! Don't you dare! Don't do it!
I won't allow our forest to be hurt!"
By the stump sat, trembling, timid Little Hare,
Eyes frightened, heart beating so fast…
Little Fir Tree gently embraced
The small white one and spoke softly:
"Don't be afraid, my friend, I won't let you be hurt!
The hunter won't dare
do any harm!
After all, we are defenders of nature – 'ECOLYATA'
We bring only goodness to the whole planet!"
Then the hunter came closer…
Little Hare, poor thing, trembled even more!
But Little Fir Tree
calmly turned around
And said to the man: "Don't you dare!
For if we exterminate all the animals,
Trample everything and cut down the forest,
Then where else can we see the beauty
Of Mother Nature like this, in reality!?
Take a camera gun and enjoy
Everything that the Earth has given us.
And know, as long as there are 'ECOLYATA' in the forest
We won't allow the forest's beauty
to be destroyed!"
The hunter, believe me, felt ashamed,
He remembered how he ran here as a boy,
Listened to the birds,
enjoyed sweet raspberries
And savoured the silence all around.
He bent down to the white timid one,
Stroked his fur and said: "Forgive me!
Let's be friends!" And
he pulled from his pocket
A piece of bread and treated the little hare.
He said "Thank you!" to Little Fir Tree
And, saying goodbye, he disappeared beyond
the hill
Into the snowy silence.
So it was that one day, Little Fir Tree, without thinking about it…
Without fearing the hunter, saved all the forest home!
