BRAINSTORMING

A man named Randy liked to hunt trees. He looked for big trees and old trees.  He made maps to show where these trees were. He did not want to cut them down. He wanted people to take care of them.

Randy was told of a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada.

Randy set out to find the tree.

But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger. Loggers

wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it.

Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tall tree.

The tree was so big and beautiful it would fill them with awe.

More and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these

people, that forest is now a park. Canada’s tallest tree is still there.

There may still be a bigger tree out there. Maybe you will find it.

But there are only a few old forests left in Canada.  Many are still at

risk of being cut down.

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Credits:
Story by Shantel Ivits at BC Open Textbooks
Adapted under Creative Commons license
Adaptations and exercises by Douglas Rodger, English Language Centre
Audio version performed by Cam Culham, English Language Centre
Public Domain images from WPClipart

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