Click- An environment and values story for children

Click is a poetic story I wrote about a character, a camera named click. He is very observant, compassionate, mindful and learns to protect the environment and earth that he already loves so much. This is a children's story that would teach children positive character traits and inspire them to take care of the earth like Click.


Click was a very small camera with a very big heart

He was keen and observant and also quite smart

Click had a light that shone from within. He would shine his bright light on each thing he saw

Focusing closely, able to see more

Sometimes he zoomed, to see really close

He discovered great beauty and details that mattered most

Like all cameras, Click had the ability of amazing visibility

But a camera with a heart, you see, also holds sensitivity

Sensitivity and big hearts holds hands like best friends

The giving and caring and seeing don’t end

Big hearts love freely and then love some more

Big hearts feel tenderly and give kindness galore

On a day full of sunshine and the reminiscence of midnight rain

Click went a walking on a beach in chilly Maine

Click loved to walk and adored looking to see

Click skipped over the soft pebbly sand and was happy to be

He saw with his shutter eye but with his heart too

He saw the beauty of the ocean waves as they tickled the shore

When feeling grateful for the sunshine, it warmed his soul even more

He walked down toward the water, where the sand become slick

While walking he would stop, he would see, he would click

He would focus, zoom in, stop and click again

He saw a sailboat, a drifting cloud and a small brown wren

This was his way of superior visibility

This was the way he expressed sensitivity

This day, while observing, he saw something new
Deep in the ocean, crystal, sapphire and blue.

He walked along the edge of the waves

At first what he saw was an image of beauty… a glisten of sunlight on the sea salty sprays

He zoomed and he focused to see a bit closer

to capture the moment, he clicked

What happened after, you could not predict

All in one second, he caught a tiny flicker

He zoomed some more to see a bit quicker

Oh no! thought click as his big heart expanded

A grey seal sat still on the sand where it landed

Click thought something was wrong, but he wasn’t quite sure

He looked a bit closer, he focused some more

He observed that it struggled, then he felt sadness galore

He zoomed and he clicked, to see clearly the sight

He shined his flash, his inner light

And what a fright

The seal was caught in plastic bag

Click felt this was a tricky situation that could end up a real drag

Click asked a kind woman, with her children for help

She took one look at the scene and let out a small yelp

She told click this was even worse than it appeared

 And that she knew of some things that might seem kind of weird

But she told him of plastic and garbage and stuff

And that people have been using plastic bags more than enough

That they end up in streams and in oceans and sand

That it breaks down and contaminates our rivers and land

All kinds of animals can get tangled and distressed

That this is a problem that should be addressed

The seal could swallow these bags and stop breathing

These facts are sad, but hold lots of meaning

Click felt uncomfortable when he heard what she said

To feel this way, easy it is not

But caring is honorable and click gave it a shot

Now this seal had beauty as all animals do

A shiny black coat and a cute face too

Click saw clearly with his superior eye

Although he felt saddened , he also felt gladdenned

He was happy to be observant and catch this catastrophy

Because now he could do something stop this atrocity

But before he took action, the seal wriggled free

Click sighed with relief and was as glad as could be

The seal swam away and his beauty remained

This image to click was now deeply ingrained

He wished to prevent it from happening more

He thought about ways to help, while he strolled down the shore

He decided he could help when he went to the store

He learned a lesson this bright day

His tender sensitivity led the way

Each time he would shop he’d remember this day

The nice woman told him about recycling in more than one way

He could recycle the plastic bags from the store

Or ask for less plastic and use paper more

Or he could bring a bag of his own

Use it each time and bring it back home

Click kept on walking, focusing on the warmth of the sunshine once again

His heart warmed to know that in the deep sea beside him, in the sparkling beauty of sapphire blue

That seal was swimming past whispy green seaweed

Around bright orange fish and through refreshing waters

Able to enjoy his day too!