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Tony said, ‘We can’t hope to get home tonight. Let’s climb a tree and spend

the night there.’ Mukul agreed, and soon they were sitting on a thick branch
of a tree.

‘Let’s pray to God that the elves and fairies of the woods protect us,’ said

Mukul.

The boys soon dozed off. Late in the night they were awakened by loud noises
of metals clashing and banging mixed with people’s voices.

‘Mukul, we’re saved! It must be mum and dad with the police. Let’s get down.’

As they approached the source of the sound, they found it was not their
parents, but men carrying lanterns, axes, saws and a bag of other tools. They
were arguing about which trees they should cut.

Tony and Mukul were
shocked to see this. They
knew how dangerous it
was to cut trees. They

remembered what they had
learnt about deforestation
and climate change from

their books.

‘Mukul, we can’t allow this.
We must stop them,’ Tony
said.

‘Wait, they look so
dangerous. Let’s see what
they are up to,’ said Mukul.

The boys hid behind a bush and observed the men. Now they had huddled
together to discuss something.

elves : (plural of elf) little creatures deforestation : destruction of
with human form and forests by cutting trees
pointed ears in children’s climate change : change of weather
stories pattern in a place

dozed off : fell asleep huddled : crowded together

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